Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug use, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of abusing drugs may have caused to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse problem, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to meet their specific demands and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other critical issues. Besides the obvious requirement to deliver medical solutions while in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have situations in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive conditions in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will focus on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.