Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Oden, Michigan who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Oden provides a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly grow to be comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to participate in one-on-one 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 productive and happy life.