Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Schenectady who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Schenectady supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts 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 fruitful and happy life.