Pregnant women aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for 2, but what they expose themselves, including alcohol and drugs, affects their unborn child. If an expectant mother is having a drink or taking any kind of illegal drug or prescription medication which may negatively affect their baby, including prescription pain killers or hypnotics which can be abused non-medically, so is their child. Hence, it is essential that addiction treatment for expectant mothers is accessible and made use of on an immediate basis, in order that both mother and baby can avoid any serious and disastrous consequences. Becoming abstinent one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is in danger, isn't as easy as one would 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 regarding one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will assure that treatment client is safely detoxed and receives the rehab they must have to stay abstinent for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This can make sure that they can be a loving and caring parent for their child once they deliver their baby, and can continue to have a substance abuse free life.