Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse may have caused the individual to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse problem, frequently require treatment services tailored to satisfy their particular needs and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions while in rehabilitation, people who have HIV/AIDS should also deal with deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have circumstances in their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.