Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior because of substance abuse may have caused to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse problem, frequently 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 rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other important issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to supply medical services whilst in rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle deeper issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have conditions in their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.