Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior due to drug use could possibly have caused to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use issue, often require rehab services tailored to meet their particular needs and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the proper medications they need to preserve their health. As a result, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical services while in rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS should also address deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have situations within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, like oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will give attention to in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.