Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Ancram who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Ancram, New York provides a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of restoring 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.