Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Maben who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Maben supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be 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 receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.