Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Newport who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Newport, Maine provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be 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 obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.