Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct as a result of drug use may have caused the individual to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse issue, typically require treatment services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and problems. Some problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst dealing with other crucial concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions whilst in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, people have conditions in their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehab counselors will give attention to in HIV/AIDS treatment services.