Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in San Francisco who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in San Francisco, California offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation 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 participate in 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 productive and happy life.