Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Allendale who have graduated a drug treatment program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Allendale provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.