Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug use, or dangerous sexual behavior due to drug use could have caused to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use problem, typically require treatment services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and problems. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their own health. Because of this, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other critical issues. Apart from the obvious necessity to offer medical services during rehab, people with HIV/AIDS must also address deeper issues 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 situations within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.