Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in Atkins who have completed a drug or alcohol treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Atkins, Iowa offers a safe haven where those who are in this stage of the drug rehab experience can slowly grow to be comfortable with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.