Expectant mothers aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for two, but anything they become exposed to, including drugs and alcohol, has effects on their unborn child. If an expectant mother is consuming alcohol or taking any type of illegal drug or prescription medication which can negatively influence their child, including prescription pain killers or sedatives which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. It is therefore essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be obtained and utilized on an immediate basis, to ensure both mother and baby can avoid any severe and disastrous consequences. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even though one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as easy as one would think. Being a substance abuser can alter one's decision making and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to really make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, rehabilitation counselors will make sure that rehabilitation client is safely detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they need to stay abstinent for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This will be sure that they can be a loving and caring parent for their child after they deliver their baby, and can continue to experience a substance abuse free life.