Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse may have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition just before their substance abuse issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and problems. A few of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other important issues. In addition to the obvious requirement to deliver medical services during rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS must also address more deeply rooted issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have situations within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will give attention to in HIV/AIDS treatment services.