Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Tonto Basin who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For someone who has abused 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 endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Tonto Basin supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals 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 successful and happy life.