Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Indian Island who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-adjust 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 daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Indian Island, Maine provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly become at ease with the idea of restoring 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 shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.