Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse could possibly have caused the person to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse issue, frequently require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst addressing other critical issues. In addition to the obvious requirement to supply medical services whilst in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS will also need to address deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, people have circumstances in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive situations within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.