Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Chicago Heights, Illinois who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Chicago Heights, Illinois offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be at ease with the process 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 stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.