Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct because of drug abuse could have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, often require treatment services tailor-made in order to meet their particular needs and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other crucial issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to offer medical solutions while in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS also have to tackle deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, individuals have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.