Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Dickens, Iowa who have completed a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program but still need time to fully re-adjust to regular life and the real world. To someone who has abused 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 Dickens, Iowa provides a safe atmosphere where those who are in this phase 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 individuals 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 shot at remaining abstinent and being to have a fruitful and happy life.