Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or risky sexual conduct due to drug use could possibly have caused to contract the illness. People who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem prior to their drug use problem, typically require treatment services tailor-made to meet their particular needs and challenges. A few of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never care for themselves and take the proper medications 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 addressing other crucial issues. Aside from the obvious requirement to offer medical services whilst in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS also have to address more deeply rooted problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have situations within their lives which are purely environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances within their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab professionals will target in HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.