Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Palmetto, Louisiana who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially 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 Palmetto supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become comfortable with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.