Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to drug abuse could have caused the person to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use issue, frequently require rehab services tailor-made to fulfill their specific needs and problems. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their health. As a result, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other crucial concerns. Besides the obvious requirement to supply medical services while in treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS must also tackle more deeply rooted issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have circumstances within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances within their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.