Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Packwood, Iowa who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or 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 alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Packwood offers a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.