Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Arlington Heights, Massachusetts who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly 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 Arlington Heights offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the idea of restoring 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 obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.