Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Boomer who have graduated a drug rehab program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Boomer supplies a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the process of rebuilding 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 steady employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.