Did I do it?

I've been trying to LD for about a year, without much success. Last night I was stoned & lying in bed and decided to give WILD a try, after taking a break from LDing. I laid down on my back, focused on my breathing and the sensations of my body. After about 20 minutes I got hypnagogic imagery & what I think are the "vibrations." The best way for me to describe this stage is that it felt like the body high that you get after taking mushrooms or LSD. I also felt like part of me might jump right out of my body. I rode out these sensations & in an instant they stopped. I was laying in bed completely motionless (though I'm unsure if I could have moved if I tried). My entire body felt... large and melting... I guess is the best way to describe the sensation, also much like LSD. The hypnagogic imagery stoppped at this point, and I was startled by the sound of my own breath. When I exhaled, my breaths sounded much clearer and sharper than they had moments earlier. I laid there motionless, listening to my breath & staring into the black void behind my eyelids for a moment before I came back to normal waking consciousness.

I'm not sure what happened, but whatever it was was absolutely amazing. . . my question to you guys is: did I break through into the LD world? I'm going to try again tonight, but I'm not really sure what to do to turn the black void into a dream (if I was even in the right state of consciousness at all, that is)

You're off to a good start, Cowbox, as far as WILD is concerned.

However, you will firstly have to be in the midsts of a full-blown dream, then transition into a lucid dream. A lucid dream doesn't technically start until you realize you are already dreaming. This is true, at least, for the large majority of us. Some of the Tibetan dream yogis are said to be able to transition straight from normal waking conscious through the H.I., through the deeper levels of sleep, and then right on up into the REM portion, where they are immediately met with a lucid dream, because they never lost their lucidity, even through dreamless sleep. This, however, I think comes with A LOT of practice. Practice, the likes of which, are probably not met by anyone on this forum, in terms of experience.
Although, the wake-back-to-bed method is probably the closest technique to the one I just described, which is waking up after a few hours of sleep, waiting for a little while while focusing on the intent to dream, and then going back to sleep while doing a WILD. This jumps you into an REM cycle much faster, and is more likely to drop you into a dream more alert, aware, and ready to realize that you are dreaming.

To answer your question, no you haven't broken into a lucid dream yet. But as far as WILD goes, you're on the right track. Just keep holding on to your consciousness, while trying not to come completely out of the relaxation. Try to let your body drift off to sleep while keeping your mind alert for as long as you can, even when you're looking at nothing but the void for quite a while, just continue your awareness.