Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct due to drug abuse might have caused to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug use issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular demands and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their own health. As a result, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other important issues. Apart from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services while in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS should also address more deeply rooted problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive situations in their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.