Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Shirley who have completed a drug treatment program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For an individual 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 he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Shirley provides a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can little by little grow to be at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.