Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Cortez who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Cortez, Colorado supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. 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 good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.