Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual behavior as a result of abusing drugs could have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug use issue, often require rehabilitation services tailored to meet their specific needs and challenges. A few of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst addressing other critical concerns. Apart from the obvious requirement to offer medical services during rehab, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to deal with deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, individuals have conditions in their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.