Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Oak Ridge North who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Oak Ridge North provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly grow to be at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts 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 good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.