Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Highgate Center who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To someone 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 he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Highgate Center provides a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can little by little become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in 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 have a fruitful and happy life.