Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug use, or risky sexual behavior because of drug abuse could have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing problem before their drug abuse problem, often require rehab services tailor-made to meet their specific needs and challenges. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other crucial concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to provide medical solutions while in rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, individuals have situations in their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive situations within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will target as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.