Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Gerlaw, Illinois who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and 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 Gerlaw offers a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly become at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in 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 fruitful and happy life.