Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Whiteoak, Missouri who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person 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 get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Whiteoak provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be at ease with the idea 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.