Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Islip who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Islip, New York provides a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.