Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Hercules, California who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Hercules supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.