Lately I've been really close to getting LDs. Since I've been doing reality checks it's really helped. And I can easily recall me dreams. I for some reason don't notice things like how many fingers I have or the time on clocks but strange things like once I was firing a shotgun, but wondered where I was getting the shells, very odd things like that. But I'm still having trouble maintaining lucidity when I realize in lucid dreaming. It seems that once I realize I'm Lucid I start to wake up. Spinning seems to make it worse so is there any other helpful tips for staying lucid.

Thanks guys,
K