The benefits are real, especially in the beginning. I became socially stronger and more charismatic. I dated 3 different girls (after being terrible with girls for years) and the hottest girl in school had a crush on me. I also had the motivation the go swimming on sunday mornings at 8 oclock. And best of all, my deressive episodes and suiidal thoughts decreased drastically.
Congratulations! I chuckled a little bit at your username, you saw this day coming when you made your account.