Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual conduct because of abusing drugs could have caused the individual to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use problem, often require rehabilitation services tailored to meet 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 take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other important issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to supply medical services while in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS should also address deeper issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, people have circumstances within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive conditions in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.