Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Lockport, Illinois who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs or 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 endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Lockport supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring 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 obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.