Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior because of drug use could have caused the person to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem prior to their substance abuse issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular demands and problems. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other crucial concerns. In addition to the obvious requirement to offer medical services while in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, individuals have circumstances in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive situations within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.