Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual behavior because of abusing drugs could have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug abuse issue, typically require rehab services tailor-made in order to meet their particular needs and challenges. Some problems 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 maintain their own health. Because of this, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other important concerns. Apart from the obvious necessity to supply medical services whilst in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS also have to tackle deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Very often, people have conditions in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances within their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which treatment counselors will target in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.