Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in New York, New York who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in New York supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.