Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual behavior due to drug abuse might have caused the person to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to satisfy their particular demands and problems. Some challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, they arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical solutions during rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS also have to deal with more deeply rooted problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have situations within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive conditions within their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehab professionals will give attention to in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.