Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for individuals in Ottumwa, Iowa who have graduated a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to regular life and the real world. For a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in Ottumwa, IA. provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehabilitation experience can slowly grow to be at ease with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing those in recovery 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 lead a successful and happy life.