Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior as a result of drug abuse might have caused the person to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their substance abuse issue, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their specific needs and problems. A few of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst addressing other important concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions while in treatment, individuals with HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle deeper problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have circumstances within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will target in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.