Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct due to substance abuse may have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition just before their substance abuse problem, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to meet their specific needs and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely care for themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other crucial concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to provide medical services whilst in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to address more deeply rooted issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have conditions in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to alcohol or drugs, including oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.