Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in Dorchester, Massachusetts who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Dorchester, Massachusetts supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be at ease 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 stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.