Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior as a result of substance abuse might have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse issue, frequently require rehabilitation services tailored to meet their particular demands and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other important issues. Besides the obvious necessity to offer medical solutions while in treatment, individuals with HIV/AIDS should also deal with deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have situations in their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will target in HIV/AIDS rehab services.