Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of substance abuse could possibly have caused the person to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use issue, often require treatment services tailor-made to meet their particular needs and problems. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of 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 addressed as a priority while dealing with other critical concerns. Besides the obvious requirement to provide medical services while in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS should also address more deeply rooted problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Very often, individuals have conditions within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.