Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Dent who have completed a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To 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 he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Dent provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can little by little become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.