Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Shannon who have completed a drug rehab program but still need time to completely re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Shannon supplies a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. 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 strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.