Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Matewan, West Virginia who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal 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 seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Matewan, West Virginia provides a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive 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 lead a successful and happy life.