Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for two, but anything they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, is affecting their unborn child. If an expectant mother is having a drink or taking any kind of illicit drug or prescription medication which can negatively influence their child, such as prescription pain medications or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their baby. Hence, it is essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be acquired and made use of on an immediate basis, to ensure that both mother and child can avoid any severe and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as one could think. As being a substance abuser can alter one's decision making and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will guarantee that rehab client is safely detoxed and receives the treatment they have to stay sober for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This will make sure that they are able to be a competent and loving parent to their child when they deliver their baby, and can go on to experience a drug and alcohol free life.