Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct due to drug use could have caused the person to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem just before their drug use issue, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their particular needs and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other crucial issues. Besides the obvious requirement to deliver medical services during rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS should also tackle deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Frequently, individuals have conditions in their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive circumstances in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.