Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for recovering individuals in Iron River who have graduated a drug treatment program but still need time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To someone who has abused drugs or alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Iron River provides a secure setting where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little become at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.