Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Dawes who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Dawes, West Virginia supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.