Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior because of drug abuse may have caused the individual to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse problem, frequently require rehabilitation services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and challenges. A few of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other crucial concerns. Aside from the obvious necessity to offer medical services whilst in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle more deeply rooted problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have situations in their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive situations within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.