Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Borderland who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual 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 one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Borderland, West Virginia provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.