Transitional housing is a very useful resource for recovering individuals in Derby, IA. who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still require time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To a person who has abused 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 get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Derby supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can little by little become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.