Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Vandemere who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Vandemere supplies a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.