Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Port Heiden who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To 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 alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Port Heiden supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.