01
My Story
The good, the bad, the ugly, the reckless, the absurd. Survival, self-destruction, reinvention, and dragging yourself back when common sense and dignity have left the building.
— The opening —
— A book by —
Michael John Hogg
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Founder, Aging Confidential
Refuse to age gracefully.
This book is not:
A health book.
A doctor’s advice manual.
Clean, safe, or polite.
— It’s what actually happens. —
PRE-RELEASE · 2026
For 30 years, he didn’t read about it. He became it.
D-Aging medicine — tested.
Addiction — survived.
Depression — endured.
Hormones — lived, injected, adjusted.
— Excerpt · Chapter 4 —“Rehab is a fascinating place. A luxury prison for exhausted lunatics and functioning alcoholics pretending they merely ‘lost balance.’”Pre-Order Now — £149 £199 retail
450
Pages
12
Chapters
30y
Of self-experiment
— The Promise —
Every chapter is blunt.
Every subject is exposed.
— Hormones —
Not theorised. Injected, adjusted, lived through.
— Addiction —
Not observed. Survived.
— Depression —
Not discussed. Endured at depth most never admit.
— D-Aging —
Not recommended. Tested on himself for 30 years.
— Protocols —
Not the brochure. The truth.
“
There are no credentials to hide behind here. No white coat. No clinic. No safe distance.
Just experience — raw, expensive, and earned the hard way.
Michael John Hogg
Founder, Aging Confidential
Inside the book · 12 chapters
The story nobody tells you about getting old.
Twelve chapters. Twelve confessions. From rehab to peptides, from hormone replacement
to the slow comedy of an unreliable libido — every one of them written by a man
who lived it before he wrote about it.
02
Rehab and Beyond
A luxury prison for exhausted lunatics and functioning alcoholics pretending they merely “lost balance.” What rehab actually looks like from the inside.
— Addiction —
03
Depression Is Sometimes Just Disappointment
Clinical depression is real, but rarer than we are led to believe. Environmental depression is often triggered by life itself, and by our inability to deal with constant disappointment. So we give up and take a pill.
— The mind —
04
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Modern medicine will hand a man antidepressants, sleeping pills and mindfulness advice before admitting his testosterone resembles that of a tired librarian.
— Hormones —
05
Stem Cells
Holy water for rich people terrified of death. Fly business class to a luxury clinic, inject microscopic hope, and leave believing immortality is three treatments away.
— Anti-aging industry —
06
Peptides
Our founder has many of the answers, based on his very early adoption and experimentation, long before a Kennedy started talking about them. So you can research Facebook and ChatGPT, or you can read about one man's obsession with what works.
— The underground —
07
Other People’s Business
Civilisation may simply be nosy people wearing better clothes. Why we adore other people’s disasters — and what that does to a man at 60.
— Society —
08
Smart Drugs
Tech entrepreneurs microdose mushrooms at breakfast and take enough cognitive enhancers to tranquilise a racehorse. Apparently nobody can answer email without pharmaceutical assistance.
— Cognition —
09
Big-C: The Culprit
The great equaliser. It does not care about your follower count, your abs, your spiritual awakening, or your gratitude journal. One diagnosis and everybody discovers organic broccoli.
— Mortality —
10
The End Is Near
Aging is strange because nobody warns you the party ends gradually. One minute you’re making reckless decisions at 2am. The next you’re researching magnesium supplements.
— The drift —
11
Reversing the Damage Done
The body is astonishingly forgiving. You can poison it for 30 years and it still wakes up trying to negotiate peace talks. Most human organs deserve public awards for endurance.
— Recovery —
12
Take a Sex Drive
Nothing humbles a man faster than realising his libido now operates like unreliable public transport — occasionally arriving, usually delayed, and prone to cancellations without explanation.
— Libido —
13
Fat Bastard
Nobody becomes overweight overnight. It’s a long romantic relationship with excuses. You start with “I deserve this” and ten years later you’re negotiating with elastic waistbands.
— The body —
14
Protocols: The Real Solution
Everybody wants transformation. Nobody wants protocol. Men spend thousands on miracle supplements while refusing to sleep, stop drinking, or walk further than the minibar.
— The closing —
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Bonus Material
Pre-order edition includes a private protocol app: the actual stack Michael runs approaching 70 — compounds, doses, timing, what he’s still on, what he abandoned and why. Not in the retail edition.
— Pre-order only —
You can keep researching magnesium supplements.
Or you can read what actually works.
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The man who became the experiment.
Pre-Order Edition Includes
Everything inside this edition.
The full 450-page hardcover
14 chapters. 30 years compressed into the only manual a man heading toward 70 can credibly write.
The Protocol App
The actual stack Michael runs today. Compounds, doses, timing. Not in the retail edition.
Signed first edition (500 copies)
Numbered and signed by the author. After 500, the standard hardcover ships unsigned.
Private reader’s list
Quarterly updates from the founder — what he’s testing now, what he abandoned, what’s coming next.
Early access to Secret Men’s Business
Pre-order readers get first invitation to the private membership tier when applications open in 2027.
£50 off retail price
Pre-order is £149. Retail price after launch is £199. The difference is your reward for reading early.
Pre-Order · Ships Q4 2026
This is not about aging gracefully.
It’s about refusing to.
First 500 copies are signed and numbered. After that, we ship the standard hardcover. After launch, the price goes up. Decide now.
First Edition
Aging Confidential
Hardcover · Signed · 450 pages
The book (hardcover)
£149.00
Protocol App
included
Author’s signature & numbering
included
Reader’s list access
included
Early access to Secret Men’s Business
included
Total today
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