Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but what they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, affects their unborn baby. If a pregnant woman is consuming alcohol or taking any type of illegal drug or prescription drug which could adversely affect their child, such as prescription pain killers or hypnotics which are often abused non-medically, so is their child. It is therefore imperative that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be acquired and utilized on an immediate basis, in order that both mother and child can avoid any severe and disastrous effects. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even though one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as one would think. As being a substance abuser can cloud one's judgment and priorities, and this causes it to be difficult to really make the right choices regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will assure that treatment client is easily detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they need to remain sober through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This will be sure that they can be a competent and loving parent for their child after they deliver their baby, and can go on to have a drug and alcohol free life.