Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in French Settlement who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in French Settlement, Louisiana provides a safe atmosphere where those 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 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 good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.