Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct due to abusing drugs may have caused the person to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug abuse issue, often require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and problems. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while addressing other important issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to provide medical solutions whilst in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS should also address more deeply rooted issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have conditions within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive situations in their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will give attention to in HIV/AIDS treatment services.