Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to drug abuse may have caused the individual to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug abuse problem, often require treatment services tailored to meet their specific needs and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. As a result, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other crucial issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to provide medical services whilst in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS also have to deal with more deeply rooted issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have situations within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which treatment professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.