Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Opelousas who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Opelousas, Louisiana provides a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become at ease with the idea 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 find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.