Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior because of drug abuse could possibly have caused the individual to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug abuse issue, typically require treatment services tailored to meet their specific demands and challenges. Some 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 maintain their health. Because of this, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to deliver medical services whilst in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to tackle more deeply rooted 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 use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions within their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.