Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Mastic who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Mastic supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can little by little grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals 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 shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.