Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Wirtz who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To someone who has used 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 alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Wirtz, Virginia offers a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be at ease 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 stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.