Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Slingerlands who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Slingerlands, New York provides a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.