Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in Hillister who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Hillister provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals 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 chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.