Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior due to abusing drugs could have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use issue, frequently require rehab services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and problems. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their own health. As a result, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other important concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to supply medical solutions whilst in rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have circumstances in their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.