Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual conduct due to drug use could have caused the person to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse problem, often require treatment services tailor-made to satisfy their particular demands and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other important concerns. Aside from the obvious requirement to offer medical solutions whilst in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS must also deal with more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have situations within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.