Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Dorchester, Massachusetts who have completed a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to fully re-acclimate 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 feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Dorchester, Massachusetts offers a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can slowly become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.