Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Finland who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Finland offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery 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 fruitful and happy life.