Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in Akiak who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Akiak, AK. supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.