Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Melbourne who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual 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 one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Melbourne supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive one-on-one 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.