Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct as a result of drug use may have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug use problem, often require rehabilitation services tailored to satisfy their specific demands and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely 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 health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other important concerns. Besides the obvious necessity to offer medical solutions while in treatment, those that have HIV/AIDS should also address more deeply rooted issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, people have circumstances within their lives that happen to be purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive circumstances in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.