Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior as a result of abusing drugs may have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem prior to their substance abuse issue, often require rehab services tailor-made to fulfill their particular demands and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other important issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services whilst in rehab, individuals with HIV/AIDS will also need to address deeper problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have circumstances within their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.