Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Emerson who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For someone who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Emerson, Nebraska offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly become comfortable 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 find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.