Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct due to abusing drugs may have caused the individual to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, typically require rehab services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst addressing other important issues. In addition to the obvious requirement to provide medical services during treatment, those that have HIV/AIDS should also tackle deeper problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have situations within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which treatment professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.