My first successful attempt to have a LD was about 12 years ago. I had been training myself to question reality whenever something strange happened for about a week.
I was dreaming that I was being chased down the Daytona Beach boardwalk and then onto the pier. As I was running i suddenly thought "why am I runnng? Is this a dream?" Instantly I was aware that it was a LD. It suprised me how perfectly vivid everything became after this realization (I could smell the ocean and feel the sunlight on my skin). I then got so excited I just ran and jumpd off the end of the pier. This was a mistake because spalshing into the water woke me up.