Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct as a result of drug use might have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse issue, typically require rehab services tailor-made to meet their particular demands and challenges. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also dealing with other critical issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical solutions during rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to address deeper problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have circumstances within their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.