Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Halifax who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For someone who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Halifax provides a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly become at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts 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 good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.