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

Gary changed my life with his work. I had no idea the destruction and chaos I was creating by watching porn. I've been free for over four years now and feel like a kid again in so many ways. It's like I regained my innocence. I'm deeply loyal to my wife and have a different relationship with sexual energy.

I've channeled this energy creatively and built things I never thought possible. I've launched a podcast around self-mastery and creating order within ourselves because of my freedom from porn.

I will continue to honor Gary's legacy by sharing his work and spreading this important message. Our society depends on it.

Dear Gary,
I want to say you a big thanks for your work. After I read your book about porn addiction I cried, because I finally understood what's going on in my life. Before that I couldn't understand why my life is broken despite a huge amount of time and effort.
You changed my life without any doubts.
Thank you a lot. Your are the great man with brought and kind soul. You will be always in my life, because you changed it and gave me hope. That's as much as everything.

Big thank to Gary for all he has done for the Nofap and Noporn community, not only for English speakers, but also for people who use other languages in their daily lives. His book and his website are an invaluable treasure trove of knowledge for all nofapers and noporners over the world.

Rest in peace, Gary.

Hello,

I really want to thank Gary Wilson, his wife and everyone that they worked with, for your amazing and important work in making aware the potential harm that porn can cause in many, mostly young guys like me.
His famous book ''Your brain on porn'' has helped me a lot by understanding the mechanisms how my brain has changed due to excessive porn use since an early age, which has ruined my life.
I am now a better and much happier person thanks to his work.

The world has really lost one of its best.

Rest in peace Gary Wilson. We will never forget you.

Greetings from Germany

Gary opened my eyes. He made my life better. A lot better.

Rest in Peace Gary.

I have achieved much because of quitting porn. These achievements matter not in themselves but because they mean I was able to help others, as a friend, as a family member, as professional and productive member of society...
All good I have since brought to the world was because of Gary's work. Fighting the good fight!
Rest In Glory, Mr. Wilson. A taboo topic many wouldnt even talk about publicly!