Congrats on your decade!  I turned to the light side when I was only 14, and it was harder for everyone else than it was for me (and I still have to bring my own food to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner).  But I never found it to be a struggle, only that people are so intolerant and almost threatened by people who choose a different lifestyle.  But I'm always heartened by the knowledge that there are other people like me out there.