Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Effie who have completed 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 abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Effie, LA. supplies a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.