Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Berne who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Berne, NY. provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly become at ease 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 find stable employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.