Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Portales, New Mexico who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person 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 he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Portales supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.