Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior because of substance abuse may have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition just before their drug abuse problem, frequently require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific needs and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever care for themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other important issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS must also tackle more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have circumstances within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will target in HIV/AIDS treatment services.