Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Pershing who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To a person who has abused 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 endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Pershing offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.