Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Pocahontas, Illinois who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Pocahontas provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts 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 good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.