Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct because of drug use might have caused the individual to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse issue, frequently require treatment services tailored in order to meet their particular needs and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. Because of this, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst dealing with other critical issues. Besides the obvious requirement to deliver medical services while in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with more deeply rooted problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, individuals have circumstances within their lives that are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive situations within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will target in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.