Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior due to drug use could have caused the person to contract the illness. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug abuse problem, typically require rehab services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Because of this, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other critical concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to offer medical services while in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS also have to deal with deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have circumstances in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.