Yeah basically I will reiterate what they have said.

It is possible for EVERYONE to have lucids...some people it comes naturally others have to practice. But I SWEAR TO YOU, that no matter how hard you have to work at it, it is well worth the efforts. There is nothing like stopping in the middle of your dream and looking around and saying to yourself "my GOD, I can't believe this is a dream it feels so real".

Since it is working for you, continue to set your alarm to go off 5 hours after you go to sleep. Get up (if you can) and write whatever you can remember down in a dream journal...b/c you are still sort of fuzzy and the more you write the more the dream will come back to you! I actually don't write things down in the middle of the night, but when I wake up after a really great dream I just lay there for 5 or so minutes going back over everything that happened, kind of like moving it into my conscious thought so that it isn't so easily forgotten. It is said that we dream around 8 dreams a night, though I think the most I can usually remember is 2 or 3...depending.

Once you gain more dream recall you will start to notice recurring symbols/places/things/situations in your dreams that you will be able to label as your dream signs. For me, a BIG dream sign is losing control of my car. It's happened to me in so many dreams where I have just lost total control of my car...and now when it happens I am able to stop and say...what a minute...it's just a dream! Once you gain lucidity through recognizing your dream signs they will start to become more of a second nature to you. You will actually be able to question when something doesn't seem right in a dream, even if it isn't a dream sign. Like one time I jumped from the roof of my house to the ground to help my dad who had fallen, and I was like, wait a minute...that can't be right, I MUST be dreaming!

Don't forget to accompany those moments where you recognize a dream sign with a reality check (I don't have to do this, probably b/c I'm more experienced but I encourage new dreamers to do them) or else your mind might play a trick on you and sort of try to rationalize why things are the way they are and prevent you from becoming lucid. Believe me, I used to be one of those people who would just be like following a movie script in a dream, never questioning anything...but now, if I notice that something isn't right I will become lucid. It just takes practice!

Don't lose hope. And yes, it takes a bit of practice if it doesn't come naturally to you. Good luck. And if you have any more questions feel free to PM me or any of the other Dream Guides or MODs.

-nina