Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual conduct because of drug abuse may have caused the person to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use issue, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to meet their particular needs and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their health. Consequently, 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 supply medical solutions during treatment, those that have HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with more deeply rooted issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Often, individuals have circumstances in their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which treatment professionals will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.