Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Big Springs who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and 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 Big Springs offers a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly 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 find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.