Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Salem who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly 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 supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little grow to be at ease 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 steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.