Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in ME. who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To someone 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 get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in ME. provides a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become 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 receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.