Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Columbus who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Columbus supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation 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 individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.