Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Itta Bena, Mississippi who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To someone 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 one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Itta Bena, Mississippi supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can little by little become at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. 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 obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a strong shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.