Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior due to abusing drugs might have caused the person to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse issue, often require rehab services tailor-made to fulfill their particular needs and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their own health. As a result, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other crucial issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services whilst in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS should also deal with more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have conditions within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, including oppressive situations within their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.