Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct due to drug use may have caused the individual to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their substance abuse issue, often require rehab services tailored in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other crucial issues. Besides the obvious necessity to deliver medical services during rehabilitation, people who have HIV/AIDS must also deal with more deeply rooted problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have situations within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive conditions within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.