Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Portland, Tennessee who have completed a drug rehab program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or 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 the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Portland provides a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.