Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in East Irvine who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in East Irvine, California provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.