Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior as a result of abusing drugs may have caused to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, frequently require treatment services tailored to fulfill their specific demands and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious requirement to deliver medical solutions during treatment, those that have HIV/AIDS also have to tackle more deeply rooted problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, individuals have situations within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehab counselors will target in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.