Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or risky sexual behavior because of drug use may have caused to contract the sickness. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition just before their drug abuse problem, frequently require treatment services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their health. Consequently, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other critical issues. In addition to the obvious necessity to deliver medical services whilst in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper problems which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have circumstances in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive situations in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation counselors will give attention to in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.