Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or dangerous sexual behavior due to abusing drugs could have caused the individual to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition just before their drug use issue, typically require rehab services tailor-made in order to meet their specific needs and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own health. Because of this, they arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other critical issues. Besides the obvious necessity to provide medical services while in rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle more deeply rooted problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have circumstances within their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.