Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior because of abusing drugs might have caused the individual to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their substance abuse issue, often require rehab services tailor-made in order to meet their specific demands and problems. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their own health. As a result, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while addressing other crucial issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to provide medical solutions whilst in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS will also need to deal with more deeply rooted issues which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Usually, people have conditions within their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to use alcohol or drugs, like oppressive situations in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will target as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.