Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior because of substance abuse may have caused the individual to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug abuse issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailor-made in order to meet their particular needs and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Because of this, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other important concerns. In addition to the obvious requirement to provide medical services while in treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS should also tackle more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have circumstances within their lives that happen to be strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive situations in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.