Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Yankeetown who have completed a drug rehab program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Yankeetown supplies a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.