Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off substance abuse, or risky sexual behavior due to substance abuse might have caused the person to contract the disease. People who have HIV/AIDS, either as a result of their substance abuse or as a pre-existing condition before their substance abuse problem, frequently require treatment services tailor-made to meet their particular demands and problems. A few of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that drug users with HIV/AIDS almost never take care of themselves and take the proper medicines they need to preserve their own health. As a result, they arrive to rehabilitation in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while dealing with other important concerns. Apart from the obvious requirement to offer medical services during rehab, those that have HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle more deeply rooted problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, people have circumstances within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have triggered them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive conditions in their lives or damaging relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS rehab services.