Entera’s Affordable Luxury Sober Living in Palm Springs emphasizes the vital recovery skill of radical acceptance—acknowledging reality without judgment—as a foundation for overcoming addiction. This skill helps combat denial, encourages seeking support, improves emotional regulation, prevents relapse, and boosts motivation by focusing on what is within one’s control. Entera supports this through a holistic approach that includes life coaching, outpatient program partnerships, and a range of amenities like meditation, yoga, community events, and life skills training. Their welcoming, luxury sober living environment aims to foster healing, personal growth, and happiness, with insurance options available to help cover costs.
Finding Acceptance in Recovery
Radical acceptance is an essential skill. It refers to accepting reality as it is without judgment. The concept is rooted in dialectical behavior therapy, which is often used in treatment for addiction, as well as the treatment of other mental health disorders. Unlike most sober living homes, the team at Entera’s Affordable Luxury Sober Living in Palm Springs will play an active role in your recovery journey. This means teaching important recovery skills, like radical acceptance.
Why Finding Acceptance in Recovery Matters
Acceptance is a skill we all need. This is true whether you’re an addict or not. However, it can be particularly vital for those working to overcome addiction. Finding acceptance in recovery can help you:
- Combat denial. Drug and alcohol addiction thrives on denial. Accepting that you have a problem is often the first step toward healing.
- Seek support. As social creatures, we all need support, but things like shame, or the idea that we “should” be able to handle it on our own, hold many people back. When you accept the need for support (e.g., addiction treatment, sober housing, therapy, support groups), it becomes more likely that you will seek it out.
- Process and regulate emotions. Do you tell yourself how you “should” feel? When you can accept how you feel without judgment, it allows you to process your emotions more effectively. This aids emotion regulation, which is a vital area of focus for many people in addiction recovery.
- Prevent relapse. Acceptance can help you seek treatment, but it can also help you prevent future relapse. For example, you might seek help when you’re going through a difficult time, rather than pushing it down and trying to “deal with it alone,” which could leave you more vulnerable. Or, you might be more apt to catch relapse warning signs and unhealthy behaviors.
- Find motivation. Part of acceptance is understanding what is (and is not) within your control. When you accept what is and is not in your power, you’ll likely find that you’re more able to identify what is within your control and motivate yourself to take charge.
These are just a few examples. Acceptance can help you navigate a wide variety of life situations. Even though it’s a tremendous hardship, recovery teaches crucial lessons, such as the ability to face reality and move forward in a productive way that ultimately brings you happiness.
How Entera Helps With Finding Acceptance in Addiction Recovery
As for how Entera helps with finding acceptance in addiction recovery, we take a whole-person approach that ensures you have all of the tools you need to thrive. Our holistically integrated program focuses on more than abstinence alone, offering:
Life Coaching in Palm Springs
We are proud to provide life coaching in Palm Springs. Free group sessions are included in the cost of your sober housing at Entera. Individual sessions are available for an additional fee. Providing motivation and guidance, life coaches can help you find acceptance, happiness, and success in recovery.
Outpatient Program Partnerships
Acceptance is a common theme in addiction treatment programs. We have outpatient program partnerships with treatment centers in the Palm Springs area. The experts in these programs can help you find acceptance, healing, and effective coping skills for addiction recovery.
Other Amenities and Services
Fun and community are essential parts of overcoming substance abuse. Entera’s other amenities and services, which include but are not limited to the following, are here to support your overall recovery.
- Community events (BBQs, music nights, game nights).
- An alumni program (for former residents).
- Meditation, yoga, and tai chi.
- Nutritionist appointments.
- Access to a full gym.
- Comfortable bedrooms.
- Spacious living areas.
- Life skills training.
- A swimming pool.
Creating a life you enjoy matters. To learn more about us, get in touch with the Entera team today.
Does Insurance Cover Sober Living?
Does insurance cover sober living? Here at Entera, the answer is yes; you may be able to use your health insurance plan to cover the cost of sober housing at our facilities. Additional payment options are available. Our staff members are here to help you find solutions.
Call Entera for Sober Living and Comprehensive Recovery Support in California
Entera’s sober living homes provide affordable luxury housing for those in addiction recovery. With two residences, we strive to create a welcoming environment that promotes healing and personal growth. Call Entera for sober living and comprehensive recovery support in California at (760) 906-8327.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does Alcoholics Anonymous say about acceptance?
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) talks about acceptance as a key part of liberating yourself from substance abuse. In the Big Book (a piece of AA literature often referred to, used, and discussed in meetings), “Acceptance Was the Answer” contains a story from a person who found that he could not stay sober until he accepted his alcoholism.
What are some tips for finding acceptance in addiction recovery?
Struggling with acceptance is not uncommon. It can be characteristic of the pre-contemplation stage of the stages of change, which is the precursor to contemplation, where you accept that you have a problem and start to contemplate the need to seek help.
Here are some ways to start finding acceptance:
- Think about what acceptance really means. Many people fear that accepting where they are means that they’ll stay there; that’s not true. Acceptance means acknowledging the reality that you have a problem and that things can change if you act.
- Work with an addiction therapist. Working with a therapist who is versed in radical acceptance can help you discover it for yourself and create a productive path forward.
- Join a support group. Often, you will find that other people in addiction support groups (like AA or Narcotics Anonymous) have also struggled with acceptance. These groups allow you to talk about what’s on your mind and learn from people who have been there.
Everyone has unique barriers to acceptance. If you haven’t done so yet, identifying what yours are could be a crucial part of your healing.
What are some common barriers to acceptance in addiction recovery?
Stigma and misconceptions about what it means to be an addict are common barriers to acceptance in addiction recovery, as they can make it difficult to see yourself as someone who has a problem. Unsupportive environments and fear of change also factor in for many people. When you identify what’s holding you back (e.g., “I’m afraid of not being able to drink” or “I have a job, so it must not be that bad”), you can challenge the thought and seek help, whether it’s through a support group, treatment program, or therapy.
