Thread: Greetings from beginner dreamer!

Hello there! I'm a regular guy from Latvia, who has been lurking around this forum for a long time and for some time trying to achieve lucid dreaming.
I've read most LD techniques and I actually haven't tried any, because for the past two weeks I've been trying to improve only my dream recall and vividness and trying to do regular RC. But it's not the story I wanted to tell tonight!
So tonight I had my first lucid dream ever and I can say it was amazing. I had a lot of fake awakenings, tho. Also I wasn't waiting for a LD, I went to bed quite late at about 02:30(Sorry for military time, I'm not quite familiar with am/pm) and the next thing I remember I unexpectedly was getting sucked in some kind of colorful and pixelful tunnel(Guess some how i managed to get into Wild). That was the moment I knew I was sleeping.
And for a long time I was still getting sucked into this tunnel (Not the best and most comfortable feeling) I thought"Wait, if I'm in dream state, then I could try to escape this tunnel by thinking, that I get out of it! " and it actually worked, in next moment I was lying in my bed, so I tried to move, but I felt that my body was sleeping and I was turning and moving very sluggish, but at that moment I got very excited(Actually all those times I were very excited, so maybe some one can give advice on how to sustain LD?) And i had an false awaking, but something wasn't right, at least I felt like that (I wasn't sleeping for a long time, so it needed to be pitch black in my room, but it was bright.) So I did RC and realized that I'm dreaming.
I don't want to get into super detailed stories, what happened between those FA's so I will skip them. / Had about 5-6 FA

But now the most interesting part, I've read that you can call your dream guide, so he can help you in your dream. So I closed my eyes and told to myself "Dream guide, can you help me? " And suddenly I heard "Yes, Verners!" (Verners is my actual name) and I opened my eyes.
In front of me I saw my DG for the first time. He was looking like a tribe chief with golden face(Guess he used golden powder or smth.) and he had his clothes made from leaves and etc. He was the same height as me. And I said that I want to explore my dream and he was willing to help me and pointed with his hands to a entrance in a forest. We weren't gone too far, when I saw a random bar/cafe and my DG said " Well, let's stop here for a moment. Let's grab a beer or what every you want, just imagine! " I didn't want to stop I wanted to continue, but I agreed to stop, but I didn't want a beer and instead I imagined Jamon Serrano ham(Sounds super weird, but I love Jamon Serrano ) and when I tried it I started to lose my vividness and woke up for real. And here I am, in middle of the night, writing this thread.
I think it's quite fascinating, that my DG asked to stop there. Maybe he thought/knew that I am not ready to experience it all now. Maybe that was the reason why he wanted us to stop.

Well I tried to keep it short, but I didn't manage that, but if you actually read it all, I hope you liked it and of course thanks for reading!