Transitional housing is a very useful resource for individuals in Marcus, Iowa who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-adjust to normal life and the real world. To an individual 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 Marcus, Iowa provides a secure setting where those who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can little by little grow to be at ease with the idea of rebuilding 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 find steady employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a productive and happy life.