Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior due to substance abuse might have caused the person to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use issue, often require rehabilitation services tailored to meet their particular demands and challenges. A few of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to offer medical services whilst in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS should also address more deeply rooted problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have circumstances within their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive circumstances in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.