Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior as a result of drug abuse may have caused the person to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem before their substance abuse issue, often require rehabilitation services tailored to fulfill their specific demands and problems. Some problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also dealing with other crucial concerns. Apart from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services while in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to address deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have situations within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.