Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct due to abusing drugs may have caused the person to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, often require treatment services tailored to meet their particular needs and problems. Some challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other crucial issues. Aside from the obvious requirement to supply medical services while in rehabilitation, people who have HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have circumstances within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will give attention to in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.