Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Akaska, South Dakota who have completed a drug or alcohol rehab program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Akaska supplies a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.