Definitely changed me as a person for the better! When I started three years ago I was 18, shy, inexperienced had slept with one person and hadn't even sucked a willy, was always the shy one who was scared to talk to people I didn't know.
Now my confidence has gone through the roof, I am still shy at times but I don't think you ever get rid of that. I love myself a lot more as before I didn't ever think I was good looking or desirable, total opposite now! Hahaha. I also think it's given me an amazing amount of independence and confidence to do things on my own. Even little things such as going to the dentist or to town would give me bad anxiety, now it's calmed down a hell of a lot!
There are definitely down sides, the stress from stalkers, my pictures posted on Facebook by a bitter regular once, but the positives outweigh the negatives by a mile.
Also met some amazing girls by only from this site but also through AW and it's great now to be able to tell all my escort stories rather than keeping them to myself!