Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or risky sexual conduct due to abusing drugs might have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug use problem, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular needs and challenges. Some 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 own health. As a result, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other critical issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical solutions whilst in treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have conditions in their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.