Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual conduct due to abusing drugs may have caused to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition just before their substance abuse issue, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their specific needs and problems. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely care for themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their health. Because of this, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other important issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical services during treatment, those that have HIV/AIDS should also deal with more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have situations within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive circumstances in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will target in HIV/AIDS rehab services.