Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct due to drug abuse may have caused to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem just before their drug abuse issue, frequently require treatment services tailored in order to meet their particular demands and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to deliver medical services during rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS should also address deeper issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have circumstances within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive situations in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.