Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Afton, IA. who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehab program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Afton provides a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab process can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.