Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in St. James who have completed a drug rehab program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs or 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 the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in St. James, LA. offers a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.