Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for two, but what they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, affects their baby. If a pregnant woman is consuming alcohol or taking any kind of illegal drug or prescription drug which could adversely impact their baby, including prescription pain killers or hypnotics which can be abused non-medically, so is their child. Therefore, 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 baby can avoid any serious and disastrous consequences. 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 cloud one's decision making 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 make sure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the treatment they have to stay abstinent through out their pregnancy and beyond that. This can make sure that they are able to be a loving and caring parent for their child when they deliver their baby, and can continue to have a substance free life.