Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Damascus, Georgia who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Damascus supplies a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized 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 lead a productive and happy life.