Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual behavior as a result of drug abuse may have caused the individual to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse problem, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their particular needs and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other important issues. Apart from the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions whilst in treatment, individuals with HIV/AIDS also have to deal with deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.