Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior as a result of drug use could possibly have caused the individual to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse problem, typically require rehab services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their own health. Consequently, they arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other important concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical solutions whilst in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, people have circumstances within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.