Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual conduct due to drug abuse may have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use problem, often require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their particular needs and problems. Some challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their own health. Because of this, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst addressing other important concerns. Besides the obvious requirement to provide medical solutions during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS must also address deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have situations in their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.