Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or risky sexual conduct due to drug abuse may have caused to contract the sickness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, typically require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and challenges. Many of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their health. Because of this, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also dealing with other important issues. Apart from the obvious requirement to offer medical services while in treatment, people who have HIV/AIDS must also address more deeply rooted issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have situations in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.