Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of abusing drugs might have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use issue, often require treatment services tailored to satisfy their specific needs and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other important concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to supply medical services whilst in rehabilitation, people who have HIV/AIDS should also deal with more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, individuals have circumstances in their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.