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Aging In Recovery
by Gil Cintron, LMSW
Aging in Recovery explores the intersection of addiction, recovery, and aging. Hosted by Gil Cintron, LMSW, the podcast examines history, policy, and emerging challenges shaping how individuals and communities experience long-term recovery over the life course.
Episodes
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Aging in Recovery: Virtual Meetings or Physical Meetings
Physical meetings and virtual meetings don't have to compete. In this episode, Gilbert Cintron explores how the pandemic changed the recovery landscape and why learning Zoom and other virtual platforms may become an important part of aging in recovery. As people grow older, illness, caregiving...
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The Language of Recovery: A Clinical Perspective and an Aging in Recovery Perspective
What happens when two groups use the same word but mean different things? In this episode, Gil Cintron examines the differing ways recovery is understood by researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and people who live recovery every day. While professional systems often define recovery as an…
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56 Years in Recovery-Terry reflects on Aging, Mental Health, Retirement, and Life After Addiction
In this episode, I speak with Terry, a retired federal employee who has maintained her recovery for 56 years. Our conversation explores the often-overlooked experience of aging in recovery. We discuss how recovery changes over time, the challenges and opportunities that come with aging, the role…
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Aging In Recovery: Recovery after a stroke
A week before his stroke, my friend and I were shopping for a new shearling coat. He was retired, physically active, a member of a bicycling club, and living independently. Like many people aging in long-term recovery, he had rebuilt his life, enjoyed a successful career with New York City, and…
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ARRM Pillar Six: Research, Evaluation, and Evidence Development
The Invisible Cohort: Why Nobody Studies Long-Term Recovery In this episode of Aging in Recovery, Gilberto Cintron, LMSW, discusses Pillar Six of the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM): Research, Evaluation, and Evidence Development. Why do public systems track addiction, overdose,...
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Pillar Seven Systems Integration, Policy, and Replication
The Invisible Cohort: Aging in Recovery and What Comes Next In this concluding episode of the Seven Pillars of the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM), Gilberto Cintron, LMSW, examines Systems Integration, Policy, and Replication. More than 23 million Americans identify as being in…
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ARRM Pillar Five: Workforce Development and Cross-Disciplinary Training
People Change Lives. Are We Preparing Them In this episode, Gil Cintrón explores Pillar Five of the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM): Workforce Development and Cross-Disciplinary Training. As millions of Americans age after years and often decades of recovery, a new challenge emerges:...
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ARRM Pillar Four: Purpose, Contribution, and Recovery Capital
What gives life meaning after survival is no longer the primary goal? In this episode, Gil Cintrón explores Pillar Four of the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM): Purpose, Contribution, and Recovery Capital. This discussion examines why older adults in long-term recovery possess valuable...
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Pillar Three Continuity of Recovery Support
What happens when a person with 20, 30, 40, or even 50 years of recovery begins facing the realities of aging? In this episode, Gil Cintrón explores Pillar Three of the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM): Continuity of Recovery Support. As people age, transportation challenges, mobility...
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ARRM Pillar Two- Centered Aging Care for Older Adults in Recovery
In this episode, Gil Cintron, LMSW, explores Pillar Two of the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM): Person-Centered Aging Care. Recovery does not disappear when a person enters assisted living or nursing-home care. Older adults in recovery remain individuals with unique histories,...
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ARRM Pillar One: Recovery-Informed Culture and the Future of Aging Care
In this episode of Aging in Recovery, LMSW Gilberto Cintron begins a deep exploration of the seven pillars of the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM). Pillar One focuses on Recovery-Informed Culture — the foundational idea that older adults living in long-term recovery deserve aging...
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ARRM: A New Model for People Aging in Long-Term Recovery
n this episode of the Aging in Recovery podcast, Gilberto Cintron, LMSW, introduces the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM) — a proposed framework for older adults in long-term recovery who can no longer safely live independently but still require recovery-informed support, dignity…
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A Candid Interview with Pico: Long-Term Recovery and Aging in Recovery
In this honest and personal episode of Aging in Recovery, Pico shares his story of growing up in an environment where alcohol and drug use were common, beginning substance use at a very young age, and ultimately entering recovery at just 23 years old. Now decades later, Pico reflects on what it...
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Why We Need Services Specifically For People Aging In Recovery
Why would people aging in long-term recovery require recovery-aware home care, assisted living, or nursing services if traditional aging services already exist? In this episode, Gilberto Cintron explores an increasingly important question facing America’s aging recovery population. As millions of...
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Addiction Is Public. Recovery Is Invisible.
Millions of Americans are living in long-term recovery. Not days. Not months. But decades. In this episode, Gilberto Cintron explores the growing population of older adults aging in long-term recovery — what he calls “The Invisible Cohort.” While addiction remains highly visible through arrests,...
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Baby Boomers in Recovery and the Invisible Cohort
In this episode, We discuss Aging in Recovery and the millions of Americans now growing older after surviving addiction, rebuilding their lives, and remaining in long-term recovery for decades. The discussion explores the connection between the social upheaval of the 1960s and 70s, the drug...
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Aging in Recovery and the Invisible Cohort
In this episode, we explore the emerging concept of Aging in Recovery and the growing population of older adults living in long-term recovery who have largely remained invisible within both addiction systems and traditional aging services. This discussion examines how millions of Americans…
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Abstinence Vs Recovery
In this episode, we explore one of the most misunderstood conversations in addiction and recovery: Is abstinence the same thing as recovery? Drawing from lived experience, long-term recovery communities, and professional observation, this discussion examines the critical differences between…
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Aging in Recovery: The Questions We Still Have Not Asked
What happens when people remain clean and sober for 20, 30, or even 40 years or more, and begin confronting the realities of aging? In this videocast, Gilberto Cintron, LMSW — a person with long-term recovery and founder of Never Alone Home Care Services (NAHCS) — explores the growing but often...
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Aging in Recovery: Panel discussion with five professionals.
In this episode five professionals in the field of substance abuse, nursing and research examined gaps and potential service models for older adults aging in long-term recovery, with a focus on practical supports, funding constraints, and a proposed implementation path.
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Aging in Recovery- Longevity and the Body
In this episode, we delve into how the long-term effects of past substance use, once hidden in early recovery, begin to surface as people age. We also explore the gaps in support, and the pressing need for both services and research. We ask why there’s still a lack of studies on aging in…
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Aging In Recovery: What Should We Build
If aging in recovery is real, what must we build? With no existing models, we explore the opportunity to build a framework that treats recovery as lifelong—while also supporting aging in place with dignity and connection.
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Aging In Recovery: Why This Is Not A Treament Issue
This episode breaks down a critical misunderstanding—aging in recovery isn’t about addiction treatment. These individuals have decades of recovery behind them. Instead, we explore how their needs center on aging—health, connection, and dignity—not stopping substance use.
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Aging In Recovery: How Policy Changed A Generation
This episode explores how drug policies—like the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the War on Drugs—shaped the experience of those who eventually found recovery. From criminalization in the ’70s to the rise of peer-based recovery in the ’80s, it highlights how policy set the stage—while community...
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Aging in Recovery: An Overlooked Population
For decades, recovery has been understood as a process of stabilization and survival. But what happens when people actually recover for years? This episode introduces us to a population that has remained largely outside of traditional systems — those Aging in Recovery. These individuals have...
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Aging inRecovery: Why Nobody Tracks Long-Term Recovery
This episode explores a critical gap in the field of substance use disorders (SUD), and behavioral health: the absence of data on long-term recovery. While extensive information exists on substance use , far less is know about those who recover and remain in recovery over decades.
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Aging In Recovery: What is Aging in Recovery
This episode introduces "Aging in Recovery" as a largely unrecognized population-individuals who have sustained recovery for deades and are now aging in that recovery. It outlines the concept, the gap in services, and why this emerging poplulation requires attention from social work, aging...
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This podcast introduces “Aging in Recovery” as a largely unrecognized population—individuals who have sustained recovery from substance use disorders for decades and are now aging in that recovery. Hosted by Gil Cintron, LMSW, this series explores the history, service gaps, and emerging need for...
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Aging in Recovery explores the intersection of addiction, recovery, and aging. Hosted by Gil Cintron, LMSW, the podcast examines history, policy, and emerging challenges shaping how individuals and communities experience long-term recovery over the life course.
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Aging in Recovery explores the intersection of addiction, recovery, and aging. Hosted by Gil Cintron, LMSW, the podcast examines history, policy, and emerging challenges shaping how individuals and communities experience long-term recovery over the life course.
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