Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to drug use might have caused the person to contract the sickness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug use issue, typically require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their particular demands and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to maintain their health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority whilst dealing with other critical concerns. Aside from the obvious requirement to deliver medical solutions whilst in treatment, individuals with HIV/AIDS must also deal with deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Usually, individuals have situations within their lives that are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive situations in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the concerns which rehabilitation counselors will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.