Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of abusing drugs could have caused the individual to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug use problem, typically require treatment services tailored in order to meet their particular needs and problems. Some of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other crucial issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to deliver medical services while in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to address more deeply rooted issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, individuals have circumstances within their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive situations in their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.