Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior because of drug use could possibly have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use problem, frequently require rehab services tailored to satisfy their specific demands and challenges. A few of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS very rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their health. Because of this, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other crucial issues. Besides the obvious necessity to deliver medical services while in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS also have to deal with more deeply rooted problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Frequently, individuals have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which rehab counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.