Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual behavior because of drug abuse could have caused the individual to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing problem before their substance abuse issue, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their specific needs and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their health. Consequently, 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. Besides the obvious necessity to offer medical services during rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS also have to tackle deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have circumstances within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, including oppressive situations within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.