Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Madrid who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Madrid, NY. provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.