Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in South Boston, Virginia who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs or 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 the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in South Boston supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding 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 have a fruitful and happy life.