Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Newcastle, California who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Newcastle offers a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive one-on-one 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.