Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct because of substance abuse may have caused to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, often require treatment services tailored in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their health. Because of this, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other crucial concerns. Aside from the obvious requirement to deliver medical services while in treatment, those that have HIV/AIDS should also address more deeply rooted problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have situations within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will focus on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.