Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Bombay who have completed a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Bombay, New York provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.