Expectant mothers aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but anything they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, is affecting their unborn child. If a pregnant woman is consuming alcohol or taking any type of illicit drug or prescription medication which may negatively influence their child, including prescription pain killers or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. Hence, it is essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be obtained and utilized on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and child can steer clear of any serious and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even though one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as one could think. As being a substance abuser can cloud one's decision making and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to make the correct choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will make sure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the treatment they must have to remain abstinent through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will be sure that they are able to be a loving and caring parent to their child after they deliver their baby, and can go on to experience a substance free life.