Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Orient who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has abused 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 get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Orient, Washington provides a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become at ease with the process 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 find steady employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.