Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior because of substance abuse could possibly have caused the person to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem before their substance abuse problem, often require rehab services tailor-made to satisfy their specific demands and problems. A few of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other crucial concerns. In addition to the obvious requirement to provide medical services during rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, individuals have conditions in their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive situations within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.