Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Shellsburg, IA. who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Shellsburg supplies a safe haven where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can little by little become comfortable with the process of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. 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 fruitful and happy life.