Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in St. Meinrad, Indiana who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To an individual 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 St. Meinrad supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.