Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Mertzon, Texas who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Mertzon offers a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly become comfortable with the idea of restoring 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 stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.