Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug use, or dangerous sexual conduct due to drug use could have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse problem, typically require treatment services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their health. As a result, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other important concerns. Aside from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services whilst in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS should also tackle more deeply rooted problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Frequently, people have situations within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.