Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior as a result of abusing drugs may have caused to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their specific needs and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their own health. As a result, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious requirement to deliver medical services during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS should also address deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have conditions in their lives that happen to be purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.