Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Poughkeepsie, New York who have completed a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Poughkeepsie offers a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive 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 strong shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.