Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior because of drug abuse could have caused the person to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition before their drug abuse problem, typically require treatment services tailored in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other important issues. Besides the obvious necessity to provide medical services while in rehab, individuals with HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have conditions within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.