Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug use, or dangerous sexual conduct due to drug use could have caused to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their substance abuse issue, often require treatment services tailored to satisfy their specific demands and challenges. Some problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their health. As a result, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other important issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical services while in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS must also address deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, individuals have conditions in their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive circumstances within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.