Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual behavior because of abusing drugs could have caused the individual to contract the illness. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, often require rehabilitation services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and challenges. A few of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other critical issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to supply medical services during treatment, those that have HIV/AIDS also have to deal with deeper issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have situations in their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to alcohol or drugs, including oppressive situations in their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.