Life Skills and Prevention of Addiction

Socially vulnerable people such as drug abusers have limited life skills to deal with social issues and social challenges. These people are not able to make appropriate and effective decisions in different and difficult situations in life, or choose the appropriate reconciliation strategy, due to the lack of knowledge and skills, as well as the plurality of problems and difficulties in life. For this reason, social and life skills training can protect substance abusers from social vulnerabilities and help them by rehabilitation. This paper reviewed different life skills and their effective roles in preventing social vulnerabilities. In general, life skills training in different life stages can be a suitable way to prevent addiction. It is necessary that the life skills training for different age groups is more being paid attention by the authorities, and this is an important step in preventing addiction.