Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior as a result of substance abuse may have caused to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, typically require rehab services tailor-made to fulfill their particular needs and challenges. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their own health. As a result, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other crucial concerns. Besides the obvious requirement to supply medical services during rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS also have to address deeper issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have conditions in their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive circumstances within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.