Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Santa Cruz, California who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly 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 Santa Cruz, California supplies a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.