Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Yale who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially 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 Yale supplies a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can little by little grow to be comfortable 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 strong shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.