Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Brooklyn, New York who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For someone who has abused drugs or 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 get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Brooklyn, New York supplies a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.