Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior as a result of abusing drugs may have caused to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, often require rehab services tailor-made to fulfill their particular demands and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Because of this, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also addressing other important issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to provide medical solutions while in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Frequently, people have circumstances in their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.