Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for people in Dawson who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still need time to completely re-adjust to regular life and the real world. For someone who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Dawson, Iowa supplies a safe atmosphere where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good shot at remaining abstinent and being to lead a successful and happy life.