Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse could have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug abuse problem, typically require rehab services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to maintain their own health. Therefore, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority whilst addressing other crucial concerns. Aside from the obvious requirement to deliver medical solutions whilst in treatment, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have circumstances within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab professionals will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.