Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in St. Louis, Missouri who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in St. Louis offers a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. 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 good shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.