Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to drug use might have caused the person to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition before their drug abuse issue, frequently require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific needs and challenges. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions while in rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS must also deal with more deeply rooted problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have situations in their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.