Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Council Bluffs who have graduated a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Council Bluffs supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly become comfortable with the idea of restoring 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 obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a strong chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.