Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in St. Mary who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in St. Mary, Missouri offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts 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 good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.