Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Utica, Mississippi who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Utica supplies a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a strong shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.