Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Olalla, Washington who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For a person 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 he or she has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Olalla supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.