Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Humboldt who have graduated a drug treatment program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly 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 Humboldt provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become comfortable with the idea 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 chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.