Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in Portsmouth, New Hampshire who have graduated a drug rehab program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To an individual who has used 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 get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Portsmouth provides a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little grow to be comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.