Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse could possibly have caused the person to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing condition just before their drug abuse problem, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their specific demands and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Therefore, they arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other critical concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to supply medical services during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS should also deal with deeper issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Often, individuals have situations in their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehab counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.