Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Watkins Glen who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely 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 seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Watkins Glen, New York provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little become at ease with the idea of restoring 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 chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.