Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct because of abusing drugs could possibly have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse problem, frequently require rehab services tailored to satisfy their specific demands and problems. Some problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other important issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical services during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS should also tackle more deeply rooted issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive situations within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.