Hi all,
I'm new here. I stumbled on the site when I read about some potential spiritual benefits of LD. Since I've been here and have been reading the tutorials and forums, I've been having a blast. In the last three days I've significantly increased my dream recall. I'm working on RC's. One thing I can't figure out is what a DC is (dream companion?). It's used a lot on the forums. Perhaps I need to finish reading the tutorials.

For me, LDs have a very functional and very important use. I have always been an insomniac. And it wasn't always biological. For most of my life I"ve considered sleep to be a big waste of my time. Part of this was because I could never remember my dreams nor did I really try. For all I knew it was a big black hole of stimulation in my life and I'd much rather be experiencing things to being unconscious. I knew that not sleeping was probably taking years off of my life, but I didn't really care.

Some medicines I've taken in the past have enhanced the vividity of my dreams and I've had several lucid dreams in the past, but those were exceptional times. Of the few dreams I did remember, most were very strange and disturbing dreams involving death and sex and the mafia. It intrigues me, but now I feel like I can work towards better understanding those previous dreams and previous times. I really have hope that I can make dreamtime fun and that this can be a positive change in my life. Already I've been going to bed three hours earlier than usual (11pm instead of 2am).

Holding out for some more good news.
Thanks for the forum and the whole community!
E