Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse may have caused the person to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing problem just before their drug abuse problem, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and problems. Many of these 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 medicines they need to preserve their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other important concerns. Apart from the obvious requirement to offer medical services whilst in rehabilitation, people who have HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have situations in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.