Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Flanders who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Flanders, New Jersey offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.