Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in San Diego, California who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To a person 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 alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in San Diego, California offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become comfortable with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.