Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Thornton who have completed a drug rehab program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Thornton offers a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.