Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual conduct because of abusing drugs could possibly have caused the individual to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their substance abuse problem, often require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other critical issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to provide medical solutions during rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS must also tackle more deeply rooted issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have circumstances in their lives which are strictly 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 rehab counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.