Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of drug abuse could have caused the person to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, frequently require rehab services tailor-made to fulfill their particular needs and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other important issues. Apart from the obvious necessity to provide medical solutions during rehab, individuals with HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Very often, individuals have situations within their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive situations in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will target in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.