Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in West End, North Carolina who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially 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 West End supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in one-on-one 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 productive and happy life.