Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Kapaau who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Kapaau, Hawaii supplies a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can slowly grow to be at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.