Growing up macklemore clean code#

Yet, I remained obsessed, often befriending folks and families for the sake of getting in my weekly pet quota. It was a stretch to get my dad on the cat train, and a dog was out of the question.

I adored their permanent smiles and waggin’ tails their endless capacity for love and their playful spirit. As long as I can remember my yearly birthday candle wish was for a dog. Many years and two dogs later I completely understand this sentiment, and firmly believe my dogs helped me get and stay sober. I remember rolling my eyes the first time I saw a bumper sticker that depicted a dog and read “Who rescued who?”

Growing up macklemore clean code#

Get 15% off tickets to their next event September 30-Octousing code CLEAN15. Deliver accessible, inclusive, and inspiring experiences for all sober and sober curious humans. Find more of Laz's work on their Instagram: about Sober Voices: Sober Voices is a global community for the sober, sober curious, and allies. It's now an active community of more than 5,000 people around the world - and its biannual conferences are produced by Bell Hart Productions, an event & storytelling studio owned by Mercy Lee Bell and Alyssa May Hart. Laz runs Tempest’s BIPOC group processing calls, and dreams of a world where minoritized people have access to safer and holistic addiction recovery. Laz has toured domestically and internationally as a solo musician and with ensembles. Laz’s academic research focuses on transphobia’s roots in white supremacy, Black and Indigenous liberation movements, and the legacy of Black music in our freedom.

More about Laz: They are an academic and artist living on Tiwa Pueblo land. Thank you to contributor, Lazarus Letcher (they/them), for this piece and blog curator, Sober Voices.