Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Plainview, New York who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Plainview provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be at ease 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 steady employment and housing so that they have a strong shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.