Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual conduct due to abusing drugs could have caused the individual to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse issue, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular demands and problems. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS hardly ever take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other crucial concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to offer medical solutions whilst in rehabilitation, individuals with HIV/AIDS must also deal with more deeply rooted problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, individuals have circumstances within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.