Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug or alcohol use, or dangerous sexual conduct due to drug use could possibly have caused the person to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either because of their drug abuse or as a pre-existing problem just before their drug use issue, typically require treatment services tailor-made to fulfill their specific needs and challenges. A few of these challenges are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS hardly ever look after themselves and take the proper medications they need to maintain their health. Therefore, these individuals arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be addressed as a priority while dealing with other critical issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to deliver medical services while in rehabilitation, people with HIV/AIDS must also tackle more deeply rooted issues which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Often, people have circumstances within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to use drugs or alcohol, including oppressive circumstances in their lives or detrimental relationships. These are the issues which rehab professionals will focus on in HIV/AIDS rehab services.