I've pursuing LDs for a while now. I also pursued it a bit a few years ago, with a long break between then and now. Both then and now I get to a point where I will often become aware that I'm dreaming in my dreams. But then I wake up...

It has become a regular thing for me, I become lucid, then right after the dream fades away and I wake up. I would say that like 95% of all my lucid dreams end like this. I'm not sure if this is because I become lucid because of the dream fading away, or if I wake up because of me becoming lucid. Maybe my subconscious has become accustomed to me waking up after becoming lucid, just to toss out a thought... I don't think excitement is a big problem here, though. I often try to focus on my surroundings and feel them when I'm about to wake up, but it never helps.

So what I was wondering, was if anyone has any helpful tips or advice on how I can get past this barrier (and please don't suggest dream spinning, it has never helped for me).