Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct as a result of drug use could have caused the person to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use problem, often require rehabilitation services tailored to fulfill their particular demands and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their health. Because of this, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other crucial issues. Besides the obvious necessity to provide medical services during treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS should also deal with deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have circumstances in their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, including oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which treatment counselors will give attention to in HIV/AIDS rehab services.