Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior as a result of substance abuse could have caused the individual to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular demands and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other crucial issues. Aside from the obvious requirement to offer medical solutions during rehabilitation, people who have HIV/AIDS should also deal with deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have circumstances within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment professionals will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.