Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Jerusalem who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Jerusalem provides a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery 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 have a productive and happy life.