Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Girdletree who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Girdletree provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding 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 have a fruitful and happy life.