Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Charlestown, MA. who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Charlestown provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become comfortable with the idea 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.