Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Merrifield, VA. who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Merrifield, VA. supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals 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 productive and happy life.