Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Columbia, IA. who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal 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 daunting place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Columbia, Iowa supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become comfortable with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.