Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual behavior as a result of drug use could have caused the person to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition just before their drug abuse problem, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to meet their particular demands and challenges. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other critical concerns. Aside from the obvious requirement to offer medical services while in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS also have to tackle more deeply rooted problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, individuals have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive circumstances within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.