Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may set off drug abuse, or risky sexual behavior as a result of abusing drugs may have caused to contract the illness. Folks who suffer from HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition prior to their drug use problem, often require treatment services tailored to meet their particular demands and challenges. Some of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS almost never take care of themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to preserve their health. Therefore, they arrive to treatment in very poor physical shape and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other critical issues. Aside from the obvious necessity to supply medical services while in rehabilitation, those that have HIV/AIDS will also need to tackle more deeply rooted problems which prompted their drug or alcohol use. Usually, individuals have circumstances in their lives which are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, like oppressive situations within their lives or negative relationships. These are the issues which rehab counselors will give attention to as part of HIV/AIDS treatment services.