Transitional housing is a very beneficial resource for individuals in University Park, Iowa who have graduated a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To a person who has used drugs and alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that one has to get through life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Transitional housing in University Park supplies a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this stage of the drug rehabilitation process can slowly become comfortable with the idea of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to participate in one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to obtain stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to have a successful and happy life.