Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or risky sexual behavior because of drug use may have caused the individual to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and problems. Some of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst addressing other important issues. Besides the obvious requirement to offer medical services while in rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS will also need to address more deeply rooted issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have conditions in their lives that happen to be strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions within their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.