Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct because of drug abuse may 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 issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailored to meet their particular needs and challenges. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever care for themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other crucial issues. Apart from the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions whilst in rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS should also address more deeply rooted problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Often, individuals have conditions within their lives that 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 issues which rehab counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.