Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Ames, Nebraska who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For a person 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 endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Ames, Nebraska provides a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly become at ease with the idea 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 obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.