Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Ruthven, IA. who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For 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 the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Ruthven, IA. provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.