Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Laclede who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Laclede offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive one-on-one 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 successful and happy life.