Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Salem who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to regular 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 seem like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Salem, New York supplies a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals 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 successful and happy life.