Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual behavior due to drug abuse could possibly have caused to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their substance abuse problem, typically require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and challenges. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their health. As a result, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. Apart from the obvious requirement to deliver medical solutions while in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS must also tackle more deeply rooted problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have situations within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.