Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior as a result of drug use may have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse issue, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their health. Because of this, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst addressing other crucial issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to provide medical services while in rehab, people who have HIV/AIDS also have to address deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have situations within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, like oppressive circumstances in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.