Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Exchange who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Exchange offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in 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.