Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Roxbury, Massachusetts who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Roxbury, Massachusetts provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly 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 participate in 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.