Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Southside who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Southside, Tennessee provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.