Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Lawrence who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Lawrence, Massachusetts supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can little by little 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 one-on-one 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.