Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to drug abuse could have caused the person to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse issue, often require rehabilitation services tailored to meet their particular demands and problems. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their health. Because of this, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other crucial concerns. Besides the obvious requirement to deliver medical solutions during rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with more deeply rooted problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, like oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.