Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual behavior because of substance abuse could possibly have caused the person to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug abuse problem, typically require rehab services tailor-made to meet their specific demands and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Therefore, they arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other important issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to offer medical solutions while in rehab, individuals with HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle more deeply rooted problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, individuals have situations within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment professionals will target in HIV/AIDS rehab services.