Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Newark, New Jersey who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Newark, New Jersey offers a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a strong shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.