Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Mendon who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Mendon supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can little by little become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. 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 good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.