Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Gilboa, West Virginia who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Gilboa supplies a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in 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.