Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Mellette who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Mellette, South Dakota offers a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery 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 shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.