Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct because of drug use could possibly have caused the person to contract the sickness. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition before their drug abuse issue, typically require rehabilitation services tailored to meet their particular needs and challenges. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS hardly ever care for themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other critical concerns. Aside from the obvious requirement to provide medical services during rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS must also address more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have circumstances within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, like oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehab counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.