Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of drug abuse might have caused the individual to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing problem just before their drug abuse issue, often require rehabilitation services tailored to satisfy their particular needs and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their health. Therefore, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other important concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to supply medical solutions during rehab, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to address deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have situations in their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment professionals will target in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.