Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Scotland who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal 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 Scotland offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become at ease with the process of restoring 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 obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.