Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Espanola, New Mexico who have graduated a drug rehab program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs or 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 the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Espanola, New Mexico supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can little by little grow to be at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.