A halfway house is a housing facility for persons who are in the process of overcoming drug addiction, where they can adjust to life in an abstinent manner and find out how to live a healthy and fully abstinent life. A halfway house helps the individual obtain services to provide beneficial assistance and reassurance so that the recovering addict in Hermleigh can build up the self worth needed to acquire the knowledge and tools with which to succeed in the real world without the use of alcohol or drugs as a crutch. A halfway house provides an individual the chance to reintegrate back into real life at their own pace, while at the same time offering the essential counseling and therapy to obtain success in their lives once drug rehab is done.