Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger substance abuse, or dangerous sexual behavior as a result of substance abuse might have caused to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their drug abuse problem, frequently require rehab services tailored to satisfy their specific needs and problems. A few of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS rarely care for themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their own health. Therefore, they arrive to rehab in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other crucial concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to supply medical solutions while in rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS must also tackle deeper problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Very often, individuals have conditions in their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use alcohol or drugs, such as oppressive conditions within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.