Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Jacksonville who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Jacksonville supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.