Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Ocracoke, North Carolina who have graduated a drug rehab program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly 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 Ocracoke supplies a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little grow to be comfortable with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive one-on-one 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 have a successful and happy life.