Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Sheldon who have graduated a drug rehab program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For someone who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that one has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Sheldon supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.