Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Essex who have completed a drug rehab program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Essex provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.