Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Barnum, Iowa who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Barnum offers a safe haven where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the process of restoring 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 obtain steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.