Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or risky sexual conduct as a result of drug abuse may have caused to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug abuse problem, frequently require treatment services tailor-made in order to meet their specific needs and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS hardly ever care for 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 while addressing other crucial issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to provide medical services while in treatment, individuals with HIV/AIDS will also need to address deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have situations in their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive situations in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will give attention to in HIV/AIDS treatment services.