Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for recovering individuals in De Soto who have completed a drug rehabilitation program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a daunting place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in De Soto, Iowa provides a safe atmosphere where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little grow to be at ease with the process of restoring their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing those in recovery can continue to receive individualized 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 fruitful and happy life.