Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to drug abuse could possibly have caused the person to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug abuse issue, typically require rehab services tailor-made to meet their particular demands and challenges. A few 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. Therefore, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other crucial concerns. Besides the obvious requirement to provide medical services whilst in treatment, those that have HIV/AIDS also have to address more deeply rooted problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have situations within their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, like oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will focus on in HIV/AIDS treatment services.