Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior because of drug use could have caused to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use issue, typically require treatment services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and problems. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious requirement to offer medical services while in rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS also have to tackle deeper issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have situations within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive conditions in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab professionals will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.