Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Melvin who have graduated a drug treatment program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To someone who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Melvin, IA. supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process 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 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 shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.