Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct due to abusing drugs could have caused the person to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse issue, typically require rehab services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst addressing other important concerns. Aside from the obvious requirement to offer medical services while in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have conditions in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive circumstances within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehab counselors will give attention to in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.