Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct due to drug use could have caused the individual to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition just before their substance abuse issue, often require treatment services tailor-made in order to meet their particular demands and problems. Many of these problems are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely take care of themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their health. Consequently, they arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be addressed as a priority while also addressing other crucial issues. Aside from the obvious requirement to supply medical services during rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS should also address deeper issues which brought about their drug or alcohol use. Very often, people have conditions within their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to alcohol or drugs, like oppressive conditions within their lives or damaging relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will concentrate on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.