Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual conduct because of substance abuse may have caused the individual to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition just before their substance abuse problem, frequently require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular needs and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other critical issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to offer medical services during rehab, people with HIV/AIDS should also address deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have circumstances within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, like oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will focus on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.