Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Albert Lea who have graduated a drug or alcohol treatment program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For someone who has abused 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 Albert Lea supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive 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 have a fruitful and happy life.