Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Portland, North Dakota who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For 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 one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Portland supplies a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals 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 good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.