Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior due to drug use may have caused the person to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing problem prior to their substance abuse problem, frequently require treatment services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other crucial issues. Apart from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services during rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have situations in their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.