Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct as a result of drug use could possibly have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use issue, often require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and problems. Some 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 health. Because of this, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other important issues. Besides the obvious necessity to offer medical services whilst in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have situations in their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehab counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.