Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or risky sexual behavior due to drug abuse could have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem just before their drug abuse issue, typically require treatment services tailored to satisfy their particular needs and problems. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other critical concerns. Besides the obvious requirement to provide medical services while in rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS must also tackle more deeply rooted problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have conditions in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to alcohol or drugs, including oppressive conditions within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.