Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Fort Polk who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Fort Polk supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can slowly become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.