Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Oakland, New Jersey who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Oakland, NJ. supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can slowly become at ease with the idea of rebuilding 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 find stable employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.