Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of drug use may have caused to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem before their drug abuse issue, typically require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their particular needs and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own 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 addressing other crucial issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to provide medical services during treatment, people with HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, individuals have circumstances within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.