Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Ryland, Alabama who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Ryland supplies a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. 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 lead a successful and happy life.