Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of substance abuse could possibly have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use issue, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular needs and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other critical issues. Besides the obvious requirement to offer medical services whilst in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS should also tackle deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have circumstances within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive conditions within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.