Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse could have caused the person to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their substance abuse problem, frequently require rehab services tailor-made to meet their specific demands and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their health. Because of this, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other critical concerns. Aside from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services whilst in rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle more deeply rooted problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have situations in their lives that happen to be strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.