Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Richland who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For someone who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Richland supplies a safe atmosphere 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 those in recovery can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.