Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct due to substance abuse might have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their substance abuse issue, typically require treatment services tailored to meet their specific demands and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS hardly ever take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their health. Consequently, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other critical issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to deliver medical services while in rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, individuals have circumstances within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive situations within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.