Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Bristol, Illinois who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal 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 feel like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Bristol provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. 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.