Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in High Shoals who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in High Shoals offers a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. 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 steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.