Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Winthrop, Minnesota who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. For someone who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can feel like a daunting place now that he or she has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Winthrop supplies a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab process can little by little become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.