Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Westport who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For someone 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 one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Westport, South Dakota provides a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage 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 recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.