Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse may have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, often require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their particular demands and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other important concerns. Besides the obvious requirement to provide medical services whilst in rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS also have to address deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Frequently, people have situations in their lives that happen to be purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.