Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Dawson, Alabama who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially 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 Dawson provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become comfortable with the idea of restoring 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 stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.