Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Van Etten who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Van Etten, New York supplies a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly become at ease with the process of restoring 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 find steady employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.