Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior as a result of drug abuse could possibly have caused to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never take care of themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other important concerns. Apart from the obvious requirement to deliver medical solutions while in rehab, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to tackle deeper issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, people have circumstances within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.