Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Garrison who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation 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 particularly 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 Garrison offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be 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 lead a successful and happy life.