Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Columbia who have graduated a drug rehab program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs or 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 alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Columbia provides a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can slowly become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.