Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior due to drug use could have caused the individual to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug abuse problem, typically require rehab services tailor-made to fulfill their particular demands and challenges. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their own health. Consequently, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other critical issues. Besides the obvious requirement to provide medical solutions during treatment, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have situations within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances in their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.