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Aging in Recovery, Recovery Capital, and the Limits of Short-Term Remission Models: Expanding the Conversation Beyond Abstinence
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Aging in Recovery: Why Abstinence Alone Is Not Enough

For decades, addiction treatment systems have focused heavily on one primary objective: helping individuals stop using substances. That work remains critically important. Detoxification, treatment access, overdose prevention, relapse prevention, and crisis stabilization save lives every day. But as I continue researching the concepts of Aging in Recovery and the Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM), […]

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My Concept: The Aging In Recovery Residential Model

For decades, public systems in the United States have approached addiction and aging as entirely separate issues. We developed addiction treatment systems for people struggling with substance use disorders, and we developed aging services for older adults requiring assistance later in life. What society failed to anticipate was that millions of people would successfully recover

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Aging in Recovery: Why Older Adults in Recovery Need More Than Traditional Elder Care

The conversation around substance use disorder has historically focused on treatment, detoxification, relapse prevention, and early recovery. Far less attention has been given to what happens after recovery succeeds—especially when people age. Today, millions of Americans identify as being in recovery from alcohol or drug problems, many of whom are now entering older adulthood. Yet

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Aging in Long-Term Recovery: A System We Never Built

For decades, the goal in addiction treatment has been clear: help people get clean, stabilize their lives, and sustain recovery. And for many, that goal has been achieved. But now we are facing a new reality. A growing number of individuals who entered recovery in the 1980s and 1990s are aging into their 60s, 70s,

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ARRM: Rethinking Recovery Through Environment and Continuity

As the field of Aging in Recovery continues to take shape, one question becomes unavoidable: what does long-term recovery actually require as individuals enter later life? The Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM) offers a clear and practical answer. It is not an abstract concept or a general response framework. ARRM is a structural, residential

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Aging in Recovery The System Gap Hiding in Plain Sight

A growing number of individuals are entering older adulthood after decades of sustained recovery. Yet the systems designed to support aging populations were never built with this group in mind. Aging services focus on physical decline, chronic illness, and functional support. Behavioral health systems, by contrast, tend to focus on early recovery and treatment. What

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