Oh yeah I did. I came off a divorce with a very physically, mentally and emotionally abusive man who left me feeling empty and down on myself and the JWs gave me a ton of friends, a social life, a "cause" and it was something I was "good at" in that I was a studier, a researcher, a great answerer at all meetings, I did great talks...every G was like a kudos from God to me. I went out is service a lot and was a logical organized preacher and used my tools well. Yeah...it made me feel superior to everybody else including my family. It wasnt until my sister told me that as long as I was a JW I was no longer welcome in her home and cut me off from her and her children, that I really started to analyze what a religious SNOB I had become.
I know being MSs and Elders gave those otherwise plumbers, window washers and landscapers a sense of superiority and an opportunity for respect and admiration they probably otherwise wouldnt have gotten in their lives. Some of em realllllly abused the position.