Hello all,
I've been reading the tutorials and all the great info you guys have here about all the different techniques and am starting to wonder which of these i should try. First I would like to rewind though and give some information about myself.

I'm not really much of a dreamer period, or at least i should say once I awake I almost cannot ever recall a dream I had, maybe once every month or two. The exceptions to this are when I run myself extremely sleep deprived, for example this week I've been working on projects at home and staying up until midnight or 1am and then getting up at 6:30am. Just last night I had my first dream in a while and I can still remember some of the details and the "plot" of the dream because it relates to a family member and something that disturbs me.

I would also like to state that I have a crooked spine and I physically cannot sleep for longer then 3-4 hours because my body is awakened in pain and then I have to get up and move to the couch where I can finish off my nights sleep. I'm pretty sure it is in this "second sleep" that I always have my dreams though so maybe it is possible for me to learn how to lucid?

I know this is a long post but was just looking for suggestions for where I should focus my research for now, probably dream recall upon awakening for a while?

Thanks if you made it this far!