Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug use, or dangerous sexual behavior due to abusing drugs could possibly have caused the individual to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use problem, typically require treatment services tailor-made in order to meet their particular needs and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines 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 addressed as a priority while dealing with other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to deliver medical services while in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS also have to tackle more deeply rooted 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 turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive situations within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.