Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Holden who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to fully 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 feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Holden, Louisiana offers a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive 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 lead a successful and happy life.