Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Atkins who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to normal 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 feel like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Atkins, Virginia provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery 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 good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.