Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug use, or dangerous sexual behavior due to abusing drugs may have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their drug use or as a pre-existing problem before their drug abuse problem, often require treatment services tailored to meet their particular needs and challenges. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Because of this, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other crucial concerns. Apart from the obvious necessity to deliver medical solutions whilst in rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS also have to deal with deeper problems which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Frequently, individuals have situations in their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will target as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.