Spotlight with David Daggett: Safe Sober 2022

Safe Sober has become a culture of leadership, guidance, and direction for our young people through the most powerful force available – Positive Peer Pressure! Thirty-two years ago when we created the Safe Sober program, I had no idea the huge impact it would have, not only on the Triad community, but also on myself and our law firm.

Now we are moving into a brand-new era of the program to amplify the Safe Sober message.  We are excited for new partnerships, maintaining our traditions, and continuing our positive impact on the teens of the Triad and on the community as a whole!

A founding principle of Safe Sober has always been to encourage teens to make good decisions about drugs and alcohol by harnessing the power of positive peer pressure. Now, as we move towards a bright future, we are focusing on how we continue to evolve the program. The Safe Sober message will be incorporated throughout our students lives in both middle and high school. As studies have shown, kids are being exposed to drugs and alcohol at a much earlier age. To help them make the right choice in their lives, we need to focus our message of positive peer pressure on these younger students, reaching them before or right when the pressures of drugs and alcohol enter their lives.

Over the last 32 years, the Safe Sober program has become the largest and longest running initiative of its type in the United States, and perhaps the world! As proud as we are of this tradition, now is not the time to relax. Safe Sober has become a time-honored springtime tradition in the Triad and we intend to keep the momentum going.

To kick-off this year’s Safe Sober season we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting Safe Sober Night at the Dash on Saturday, April 9^th! Come out to the game and celebrate our over thirty-year tradition of keeping kids safe and sober, and grab our famous Safe Sober shirts for the whole family! And, of course there will be fireworks!

We need you and our students need you… join us to continue the Safe Sober tradition here in the Triad!