Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct due to substance abuse could possibly have caused the individual to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse problem, often require rehab services tailor-made to satisfy their specific needs and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other critical issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions while in rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS should also address more deeply rooted problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have situations within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.