Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Emily, Minnesota who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to fully re-acclimate 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 feel like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Emily supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.