Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in Reading, Massachusetts who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For an individual who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Reading offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in one-on-one 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 productive and happy life.