Hi everybody,

I've been having lucid dreams for some time now, I don't have control over them, I don't know when they'll come, and I dont know what triggers them. I actually didn't even realize it was anything out of the ordinary until I confided the dream about seeing myself to a friend.

the odd thing is its always one of 2 dreams, The first is just me staring down at myself asleep in bed, or seeing myself doing something, sort of an out of body experience. I realize I'm asleep but I can't look around or see anything other than myself and blurred surroundings. I've probably had one of those dreams at least 10 times. The other dream which I've only had a few times consists of me opening my eyes looking forward at a big tan wall that melts as if its sand and then I wake up for real .

It's pretty odd, I know. What I was wondering was, is this usual (the subjects of the dreams)? Also are there things/substances that can induce these dreams?

on that subject the most frequent (I think it was 4 in one week) number of dreams in a period of time was when I was in Europe this summer. After drinking absinthe (alcoholic drink w/ a chemical called wormwood/thujone) during the day I would have the lucid dream(s) at night (even after the absinthe was out of my system). I really don't understand this but I do know it was dreams I was having and not some alcoholic daze. So If anyone could shed some light on this for me it would really help clear my head.

thanks in advance