Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or dangerous sexual behavior because of substance abuse could have caused to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either on account of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailored to meet their particular demands and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. Apart from the obvious necessity to provide medical solutions during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have situations within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.