Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in Utica, New York who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Utica, New York supplies a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts 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 strong shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.