There is a lot of discussion about what a transition or so-called sober living is. Some people call it being clean in the same way that you would want to be clean for being hired at a new job. Others prefer the term being spiritual and working on changing themselves spiritually. There is some confusion about what is meant by being clean or about what transitional living really is. I will try to offer a little bit of information about what I think this means and why I think it is important to talk about this in a Florida or any other climate where it may not always be easy to find resources about what life is like outside of the traditional mainstream mental health care model. I believe that people need to find out as much as they can about what life is like outside of the “insanity of the status quo”. This includes going to meetings or forums or writing articles or even talking with family and friends who have found a different way of living. The more that you can get information about the ins and outs of being clean, the easier it will be for you to decide if this is something that you want to pursue as a way to make a difference in your life. There is a lot of information about being clean in online and in offline resources. If you know where to look and you are willing to invest the time needed to gain this information, you can find out what it is really like to live without a filter on all of your interactions with yourself, other people and the world around you. This is a transition that I believe is very important in the sense that it can make it easier for people to change themselves and their lives for the better. It does take work. It does require finding the right combination of resources and it does require some faith and commitment on the part of the person making the transition.