Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Megargel who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Megargel, Alabama provides a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. 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 stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.