Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Notre Dame, Indiana who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Notre Dame provides a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts 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 good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.