Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior as a result of substance abuse could have caused to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, often require treatment services tailored to fulfill their specific demands and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other important concerns. Apart from the obvious requirement to deliver medical services whilst in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS should also deal with more deeply rooted problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have conditions in their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.