Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Rockaway who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Rockaway supplies a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery 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 successful and happy life.