Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct due to drug use may have caused the individual to contract the sickness. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, often require rehab services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. As a result, they arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other critical issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to offer medical services while in rehab, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to deal with more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, people have conditions within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehab professionals will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.