Hi guys.

I signed up to DV a few nights ago before starting to keep a dream journal. On the first 2 nights I recorded 7 vivid non-lucid dreams as accurately as I could as soon as I woke. I spent hours reading MILD techniques, DILD, dream supplements, books, journals, tutorials and so on. Last night I got into bed at 3am after hours of watching lucid dreaming videos on Youtube.

At first I tried to induce sleep paralysis. I had tried this the other night but gave up because my mouth wouldn't stop watering. Again I blocked everything out and went into a deep relaxation. At least half an hour passed before my body started to shut down. I had worked out extensively that day so I could literally feel my muscles aching where I'd isolated them in my workout routine. The pain became unbearable so I shuffled until I could move again. I then just repeated the words Reality ... Check ... Reality ... Check and so on with each heart beat. Note I had ear plugs in so my heart beat was all I could hear. After a while I fell asleep and became unconscious. I can't remember becoming unconscious though, the memory just fades from reality ... check ... reality ... and gone.

I had a vivid dream where I was entering a restaurant looking for a table for me and an old friend. Already sat around a circular table was another friend who I acknowledged but turned around and called another name as if I had got it wrong. I joked about it to the people around me "I can't even get his name right" ... The next dream I'm waking up in bed (it was a false awakening) ... I forget to do a RC like last time. I can hear my mum's voice calling up the stairs. She's asking me questions and as I start to call down and walk downstairs I suddenly realise that I must be dreaming - my mum is away on holiday, this can't be real. So half way down the stairs I stop in my tracks and plug my nose. The air keeps flowing and a surge of excitement rushes through me. I'm lucid dreaming. I've become aware. This is really happening. I get really excited but I remember that I need to ground myself or else this will all go to waste. I'm walking towards the kitchen and I can feel my mouth all watery like when I was trying to induce sleep paralysis. I think to myself it's only a dream I can just spit it out here and now. I go though the motion but nothing comes out. The taste is still there. I think I'll have a drink. There's a 2L bottle of lemonade on the counter by my dad's things. I pick it up and turn toward the kitchen. I look at the clock which reads 1:35. I look away and then look back but the time hasn't changed (which I was expecting it to.) I look away then back again but still the time hasn't changed. Strange. I then remember I need to ground myself so I stare at the bottle in my hand. Now half of the sticker is missing. I go to drink it before waking up in my bed - this time for real. I do a RC and I'm awake. I can still feel my heart racing from excitement. I grab my DJ and scribble down my lucid dream. Then I record the dream in the restaurant beforehand.

I tried to get back to sleep in the hope that I'd have another LD but I was restless. I couldn't sleep normally let alone even attempt WILD for the third time. So there you have it. My first DILD on my third night. I literally can't believe it's happened so fast, and I'm guilty for ever doubting it was possible at one point. To everyone here on DV THANK YOU. And to everyone starting out, just BELIEVE it will happen because it can and does!

Now comes the question. What did I do right? Can anyone identify this? I have noticed that in the past 3 nights the same friends have been popping up, but in my lucid dream it was the realisation that my mum was on holiday and that I must have been dreaming that caused me to become lucid.

I can't wait for the next one!

Happy Dreaming!

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