Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse could have caused the individual to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, frequently require rehab services tailor-made to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other crucial issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical services during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have conditions in their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive situations within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which treatment professionals will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.