Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct as a result of substance abuse might have caused the person to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition just before their drug abuse issue, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their specific needs and problems. A few of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their own health. As a result, they arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. Aside from the obvious necessity to provide medical services during rehab, people with HIV/AIDS also have to address more deeply rooted issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, individuals have conditions within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.