Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Emeryville, California who have graduated a drug treatment 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 daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Emeryville provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding 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 obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.