Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Fairfax who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To an individual 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 one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Fairfax provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.