Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Harkers Island who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For a person 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 the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Harkers Island offers a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become at ease with the process of rebuilding 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 stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.