Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Bakersfield, California who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still need time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Bakersfield supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in one-on-one 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.