Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Athens, Ohio who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and 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 endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Athens, Ohio offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab 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 one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.