Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to abusing drugs could possibly have caused the person to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use problem, typically require treatment services tailored to satisfy their specific needs and challenges. Many of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other critical concerns. Apart from the obvious requirement to deliver medical services whilst in rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS should also deal with deeper issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, people have conditions in their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.