I always have my alarm set for 4:30, and when it goes off, I turn it off, then think about lucid dreaming. Then I usually attempt a HILD, which never seems to work any more (I've only had 1 LD, and it was a HILD). Anyway, the HILD wasn't successful, and I ended up just falling asleep. The next thing I know I'm dreaming that I want to have a LD. I remember having a plan of taking a big stick of red licorice to bed (in my dream) and then if I saw that in my dreams dream I would know I'm dreaming... confusing I know. Anyway, I saw the licorice in my dreams dream and asked myself, "Am I dreaming?" and I found out I was... though, to my knowledge I didn't have control.

Would you say that that was a fake LD, so to speak? I woke up after having that dream, and I could remember a fair bit of it. I'm presuming that it was just a dream about me having a LD, but I could be wrong...

Any ideas?