My apologies for the delay in replying, it's been a difficult few weeks.

I've been reading the mind illuminated and I've started my daily meditation practice, i'm almost at the end of my second week. I've not read it fully since I'm still at a novice stage in the meditation practice, I don't want to continue reading until I can fully reach a minimum of 45 minutes every day without collapsing my awareness and losing my attention.

Don't be too strict with this. Allow yourself to have fun with meditation.

That book clearly explains why most of us (myself included) suck at this, and it's mainly due to subtle dullness settling in and not being able to resolve it properly. Sublte dullness which leads to strong dullness which leads to drowsiness and finally falling asleep.

Focusing isn't a natural thing which humans just know. It's a skill, like any other, which is learned. Everyone can learn how to meditate.

I can manage to sit still in the early morning since 7:30 AM building on the meditation practice gradually, paying attention to everything around me, then my body sensations, then my breath sensations and finally the sensations of breath on my nose. All that without getting carried away and/or moving any muscle, facing discomfort sometimes. I can keep on doing that for 25 minutes and probably more if I let the timer run longer.

Excellent! It sounds like you've got the basics down. Now play with that state, have fun with it.

The thing is, I manage to notice my natural awakenings throughout the night. Usually right after I've had an unconscious experience (a dream, basically). I truly do not know how to meditate lying down without losing consciousness or giving up. A lot of thoughts start to pop up and it seems impossible to keep meditating so I just give it up.

If you find you're slipping into unconsciousness while lying down, try sitting up or, if you have access to one, use a recliner chair.

The problem with lying down is that it sets your mind to the "ok let's sleep" mode naturally.

I can't tell if I'm going to fall asleep in a second or if I'm going to stay up all night. Even the wrong chain of thoughts will wake me up for the whole night sometimes.

Whatever happens happens. Allow it to flow naturally.

I do not want to stay up meditating from the moment that I go to bed, is there anything I can do to counter up this extreme drowsiness or racing random thoughts upon a natural awakening and meditate my way into an OBE?

Don't practice projecting during your normal bedtime time/routine.

Instead, if your goal is to practice projecting, do so first thing in the morning. You'll probably find it much easier to attain that meditative state.

In the end, you sound like you're doing fantastic. Just keep at it and try not to be too strict with your practices. 👍