Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Five Points who have graduated a drug rehab program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has used 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 Five Points, California supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals 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 successful and happy life.