Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Etters who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal 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 Etters offers a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.