Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in New Bedford, Massachusetts who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in New Bedford supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.