Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Ekwok who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For an individual 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 one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Ekwok, Alaska provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized 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 lead a successful and happy life.