Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Peru who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs and 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 Peru, VT. provides a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive one-on-one 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 have a productive and happy life.