Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Westwego who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to fully re-adjust to regular 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 seem like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Westwego, Louisiana offers a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.