Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Bellona who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Bellona, New York offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.