Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Colona, Illinois who have completed a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Colona supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.