Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual conduct because of drug use could have caused the person to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug abuse problem, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made in order to meet their particular needs and challenges. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other important issues. Besides the obvious requirement to offer medical solutions whilst in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have situations within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.