How long was it before I consistently Ld'd... Well, that's tough, I've come to realize that I'm more of a 'natural' than some of the other people I've seen. And by that I mean, that, I was just able to pick it up much quicker. But, I'd say within two to three months I would have more than one per week. But I've been practicing, off on and on, for almost two years now.

Well, I should add that part of my DILD technique is to do a WBTB every night, although I wake up naturally so no need for an alarm or anything, for me, although, in the beginning I did have to use an alarm but after so long I've acclimated. So, once I wake up I get my mind on lucid dreaming, and that is usually enough to spark the lucidity once I'm back in a dream, as, it carries over. And then even if I don't focus on lucid dreaming during my WBTB I can still most times go back to sleep and then once in the dream, after having recognized it so many time before, just tell that I'm dreaming, it's just a sort of feeling you acquire over time.. And, I don't exactly do work to maintain it, I don't even maintain a dream journal at this point, which I advise against, you should definitely always maintain a journal, I'm just lazy. Really, the only work I do is wake up for my WBTB and get in the lucid dreaming mindset.