Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Rutherford College, North Carolina who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Rutherford College offers a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive one-on-one 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 productive and happy life.