Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in Shrub Oak, New York who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs or 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 get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Shrub Oak provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can little by little become at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.