Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of drug abuse might have caused the person to contract the disease. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem before their drug use issue, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their specific demands and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other important issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to offer medical services during rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS should also deal with deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have conditions in their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.