Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior because of substance abuse could possibly have caused the person to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use issue, typically require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and challenges. Some problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other important issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS also have to address deeper issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, people have conditions within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive situations within their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will focus on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.