Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Oak Park, Illinois who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Oak Park, Illinois offers 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 those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.