Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Oxbow who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Oxbow provides a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can slowly become at ease with the process 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 obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.