Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual conduct due to abusing drugs might have caused the individual to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use issue, typically require treatment services tailored to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their health. Because of this, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other important concerns. Apart from the obvious necessity to provide medical services while in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have circumstances in their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.