Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug use, or risky sexual conduct due to abusing drugs could possibly have caused the person to contract the disease. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either on account of their drug use or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug abuse problem, frequently require rehabilitation services tailored in order to meet their specific demands and problems. Some of these challenges are physical in nature, due to the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS rarely look after themselves and take the appropriate medications they need to preserve their own health. Because of this, these individuals arrive to rehabilitation in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other important issues. Besides the obvious necessity to deliver medical services while in rehab, people with HIV/AIDS should also address deeper problems which prompted their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have situations within their lives which are purely environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, including oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehabilitation professionals will concentrate on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.