Dear Gary Wilson,

Today I finished reading your book, Your Brain on Porn. While I was reading it, I did not know that you were no longer in this world. As soon as I completed the book, my heart felt very heavy. I truly wished the book would never end.

After finishing it, I searched to see what else you had written, and it was at that moment that I learned you had passed away. That realization deeply saddened me.

I simply want to say that you came into my life at a time when I felt that everything was over, when I had almost lost hope. Through your book and your work, it felt as if you appeared in my life like a blessing. The guidance and understanding you shared reached me exactly when I needed it the most.

No amount of gratitude feels sufficient for the impact your work has had on my life. Words are not enough to fully express how valuable and meaningful your contribution has been to me. Your efforts have truly made a difference.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you—truly and deeply.

With the greatest respect and gratitude,
Thank you so much, and I will always appreciate and remember you.

A huge THANKS to you sir! I've been battling PIED for two years, only to find all measures taken fruitless. It wasn't until I came across your YBOP website a few days ago that I can really start tackling this problem, with good strategy this time. Just a single week and I can already feel things turning favorably, and I think this is just the beginning. Your help was like a lighthouse in the blind sea, guiding me out of this mess.

Sincere gratefulness to you Mr. Wilson! Hope your dedication will bring light to more people seeking for help.

I just discovered his work and TED Talk—absolutely phenomenal. I wish he was still with us, but I’m grateful his legacy lives on and will continue to inspire through his amazing contributions. As someone who’s been a 20+ year addict still fighting and hoping to climb out of this rut someday, thank you. May he rest in peace, and may his work keep changing lives.

I never knew Gary but YBOP really helped me. I attempted to quit P for the first time when I was 44. During that first reboot, one of the ways I dealt with the massive change was looking at the YBOP site, educating myself about dopamine and addiction-related topics. It got me through to 97 days, and later, many other reboots snd hard mode time, including a 233 day reboot. All this has changed me profoundly. I used to be fat, clumsy, forgetful, and a loser in every aspect. I was able to build myself into a real person thanks to this change, Wilson's resources were no small help. So for gratitude, I thank Gary, and for any guy who needs this help, please get started by utilizing these resources. There is no sense in wasting another day. Thank uou.

I'd like to thank Gary Wilson and give my condolences to his family. This man is a legend. This website and pooling of his knowledge/research alone was eye opening for me, and the push I needed to make healthy changes. I've read various studies and knew how destructive PMO is, but Gary really highlights just how dangerous it is and goes into depth about addiction in general. How it rewires the brain and is in some cases worse than substance abuse (I.e cocaine). How the internet and adult content is not natural for our primitive human mind and what it's wired to seek. It made my think about things I hadn't considered. I'm actually going to buy his book, this man literally pulled the lid off the blue movie industry and I hope those it has helped will continue to spread his knowledge. If at least so future generations aren't mentally and physically destroyed by adult content.

Dear Gary Wilson,

Your work has changed so many lives including mine. It has helped so many people awaken to the dangers on porn specifically in Internet-driven era and the proliferation of online porn. Many studies have emerged and continue to do so thanks to your relentless leadership and hard work. Your legacy won't be forgotten as we continue to stand up and help others address this pertinent issue.

Dear Gary Wilison (RIP),
Your impact on my life has been huge. Up until recently, it was a very secret impact, as I privately watched your talks about recovery, always on VPNs, dreaming of a day when my insatiable addiction to smut and Internet Pornography would somehow, someway, stop. It has almost killed me multiple times, this addiction.

Your brave, scientific and common-sense stance towards recovery and physical harms is both real and objective. I have lived it; we addicts need little convincing. What you have provided is a framework of understanding, so we know what is actually happening to our bodies, and so others might believe us when we say it is destroying our lives.

Your work has been a beacon to me for years. How could someone get in front of a room full of people and talk about pornography?! I still can't fully comprehend it. You give us the courage to come out of the shadows and speak about what this industry and this culture have done to me and subsequent generations of youth.

I hope someday to be as brave as you, and to be able to publicly merge my desire for recovery with a heartfelt activism. You've been a trail brazer that has left a massive impact on people's lives, far more than any "hits" or "likes" could convey.

and I live with the hope and the belief that someday, people will see this toxic consumption of body parts and dopamine for the health epidemic that it truly is, just like the previous generation has done with tobacco, as you say. Thank you.

Thank you for your everything, Gary. Your selfless acknowledgement and care for all the problems that so many people are struggled/still struggle with will no doubt eventually make their way into becoming scientific common sense thanks to you and your efforts.

Your TED Talk "The Great Porn Experiment" remains one of the most digestible truth bombs of the whole situation. God bless you!

Obrigado pelos seus estudos sobre esse mal que afeta a nossa vida! Agora você está livre das dores, que a espiritualidade cuide de você! Obrigado por tudo Gary!! Luz e boas vibrações!!!

I accidentally discovered Gary on NoFap sub-reddit and thought he was another bogus personality who was using this space for making money. This was two months ago. But man was I wrong. Like, day after day the articles that Gary wrote, the interviews and podcasts and videos that are on YBOP have changed me drastically. I have been addicted for the last 15 years, and I have been trying to recover for an year. And it is because of Gary and the brave work that he put out that I have made a lot of progress and hopefully will continue to live the life I desire.

Thank you Gary for all the things you did in this space!!! I wouldn't be the same without it.

Thank you Gary for the knowlege, i was thinking i'm weird but with your book you make a point in my dysfonction thank you friend.

Thanks Gary for giving me the tools to change my life!

You helped so many people in life and you continue to help after death. Rest in peace, hero.

Thankyou, your works has been of great help. I can now hope to regain a normal life again.

Thanks for everything Gary!

Actually study your work, reading book, feel it changes my perception and support motivation every day. You change peoples lives. Thank you so much from Poland.

Thank you. Just thank you so much for sharing the truth on such tabooed theme. You will be missed.

Mr. Wilson has saved my life. He lives on in the wilderness as I play his videos over and over again.

Gary journey ended, but not his work and dedication i will be forever greatfull to have discover his book, im still struggling still battleting but not without gear right now.
Thanks to him and his family

أردت أن أكتب لكم أنني بدأت رحلة الإقلاع عن مشاهدة الإباحية منذ أربع أيام. لقد قرأت بعض مما جاء بكتاب السيد جاري ويلسون، لقد أحسست أنه يصفني بالميليمتر في كثير من المرات في كتابه. ملخص قصتي مع الإباحية: بدأت مشاهدة المقاطع الإباحية منذ سن ال 14 عشر تقريبا، مع مرور السنوات وإلى اليوم، لم تعد هذه المقاطع تثيرني كسابق لدرجة أنها سابقا كانت بإمكانها أن تثيرني لأجلس أمامها اليوم كله. لقد تغيرت تفضيلاتي: بدأت أتجه للحنس الحيواني وبعده الجنس المثلي وجنس المتحولين جنسيا ومتشبهين بالنساء، وجنس الديوثيين ومأخرا لم يعد هذا يثيرني فاتجهت لجنس المحارم. من جهة ثانية أحيانا عندما أكثر من مشاهدة هذه المقاطع أشعر بضعف في الإنتصاب كما أن علاقتي بالنساء قي الواقع ضعيفة، حيث أن انجذابي لهم العاطفي والجنسي أصبح شبه معدوم بعد أن كنت سابقا أشعر بحب اتجاه بعض الفتيات من محيطي. من ناحية ثانية أصبحت منغلقا على نفسي، أفضل البقاء لوحدي وفي غرفتي لأقصى وقت ممكن. حقا الإباحية ولمدة تقرب العشر سنوات قد دمرتني وكلما فكرت في هذا لم أعرف لماذا لم أقلع عنها