Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Crystal City who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs and 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 alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Crystal City, Missouri provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can little by little become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.