Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct because of drug abuse could have caused the individual to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug abuse problem, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to meet their specific needs and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their health. Consequently, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other crucial issues. In addition to the obvious requirement to offer medical services during rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to tackle deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have situations in their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which treatment professionals will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.