Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Harsens Island who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Harsens Island, Michigan provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can little by little become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized 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.