Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior as a result of substance abuse could possibly have caused the person to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug abuse issue, frequently require treatment services tailored in order to meet their particular needs and problems. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever take care of themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other important issues. Besides the obvious necessity to provide medical solutions while in rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS also have to deal with deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have circumstances in their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab professionals will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.