Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct because of drug use might have caused the individual to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, often require treatment services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their health. Consequently, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other important concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to provide medical services during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS should also tackle more deeply rooted problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have situations in their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive circumstances within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.