Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Pepeekeo, Hawaii who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Pepeekeo offers a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can little by little become at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.