Expectant mothers aren't just breathing, eating, and drinking for just two, but anything they expose themselves, including drugs and alcohol, has effects on their child. If an expectant mother is drinking alcohol or taking any kind of illegal drug or prescription drug which may negatively influence their child, including prescription pain medications or sedatives which can be abused non-medically, so is their baby. Therefore, it is crucial that addiction treatment for expectant mothers can be obtained and utilized on an immediate basis, in order that both mother and baby can avoid any severe and disastrous effects. Becoming sober one one's own, even when one's pregnancy is at risk, isn't as simple as one could think. Being a substance abuser can alter one's decision making and priorities, which causes it to be difficult to make the correct choices concerning one's pregnancy. In addiction treatment for expectant mothers, treatment counselors will ensure that rehab client is easily detoxed and receives the rehabilitation they have to remain abstinent for the remainder of their pregnancy and beyond that. This will make sure that they can be a loving and caring parent to their child when they deliver their baby, and can go on to experience an alcohol and drug free life.