Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in Vanport who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate 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 feel like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Vanport, Pennsylvania supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.