Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Athens who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Athens offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive 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.