Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual conduct as a result of substance abuse could have caused to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse issue, frequently require treatment services tailor-made to satisfy their specific demands and problems. Many of these problems 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 own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other crucial issues. In addition to the obvious requirement to supply medical solutions whilst in rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS also have to address deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to alcohol or drugs, including oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.