Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Richland, New York who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Richland provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring 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 stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.