Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Cebolla, New Mexico who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Cebolla provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.