HOLLY IS BACK! She spent 10 days at a silent meditation retreat and lived to tell about it. She talks about why she’d do such a thing and what the best, worst and most surprising moments were. Highlights include visits from Yogi Bahjan, missing God, the wisdom of no escape, sharting, and knowing vs. Knowing.

Music by Radiation City.

They say don't ever meet your heroes, but in this case, they turned out to be wrong! Augusten Burroughs is the author of ten books, including NYT Bestseller-turned-movie "Running with Scissors," "Dry," which tracks his journey through addiction and sobriety "This is How," his foray into self-help and his most recent memoir (released TODAY!), "Lust and Wonder."

He talks with the girls about his new book, moving out of NYC, finding the capital T Truth, sobriety, his feelings about AA, and the day he started writing instead of drinking.

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Scott Stabile is an author, screenwriter, speaker and love spreader. At 14, Scott lost his parents tragically and later lost his brother to heroin overdose. He takes us through the impact of these losses, and how addiction - both his fathers and his brothers - shaped his life, and his path to becoming a champion for forgiveness, compassion, humor and love.

Scott's website: www.scottstabile.com. Scott's Facebook community www.facebook.com/ScottFrankStabile.

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In the second of this three part series, Holly and Laura talk to Gina Lorenzo, a Holistic Health Counselor and certified Gabby Bernstein coach. Gina talks about her own experience recovering from disordered eating and alcohol and how she coaches others through these things.

Ironically, Holly was severely constipated while recording this and Laura was suffering from an extreme emotional hangover.

In the second part of this series, Holly and Laura talk about how the label "alcoholic" has evolved for them and whether or not they use it now and why.

T-Spring shirts are available until March 15! Get "Awkward 'Til I Die," "Sorry I'm Late I Didn't Want to Come" and our personal favorite, "Teetotaler." Visit www.hipsobriety.com or www.lauramckowen.com to purchase.

Music by Radiation City.

Rob Bell is a bestselling author, teacher, speaker and an all-around uniquely inspiring and lovable human being. His books include The New York Times bestseller Love Wins, along with What We Talk About When We Talk About God, The Zimzum of Love, Drops Like Stars and many others. In 2011 he was profiled in Time Magazine as one of their 100 most influential people and has toured with Oprah herself.

Holly and Laura had big questions for him. Like, why wear the label "pastor"? What is God? Can you recover from addiction without spirituality? What is an addiction, anyway? And how does someone get past the shame that addiction carries?

In his trademark way, Rob talks us through some of the biggest and most touchy subjects with grace and humor.

In the first episode of this two-part series, Holly and Laura explore the label "alcoholic." They each discuss what the label meant to them before they got sober, how it's evolved for them through sobriety, and if they use it now and why (or why not). They also read a letter from a reader who makes an open plea to find a better label for sober folk. Ideas?

LIMITED TIME T-SHIRT CAMPAIGN!

Until March 15, in the spirit of claiming our own labels, we've created a t-shirt campaign to raise money for the HOME podcast. All proceeds will go to upgrading the podcasting equipment to improve sound quality and editing.

Visit www.lauramckowen.com or www.hipsobriety.com for details and to purchase.

Podcast music by Radiation City.

Rayya Elias is the author of the incredible memoir, Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side. She's a musician, filmmaker, hair artist, and all around awe-inspiring human being. She talks to the girls about scaring off ghosts, her relationship with her best friend, Elizabeth Gilbert, emotional sobriety, living on the streets, forgiveness, what recovery looks like for her now and the NFL. Learn more about her at: www.rayyaelias.com.

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Holly and Laura talk about what their social lives looked like pre-sobriety, in early sobriety and how they look now. They cover social anxiety, whether they go out to bars anymore, how they answer the question, "ARE YOU DRINKING?," how to deal with pushy people, and offer three tips for the newly sober.

P.S. If it sounds like we wanted to kill each other in this episode, we did. Ironic, we know.

P.P.S The sound isn't the best because I was at a hotel room in San Jose before the Super Bowl.

Music by Radiation City.

In part one of this three part series, Holly and Laura share their own experience with disordered eating and the crossover with addiction.

The next two parts of the series will focus on recovery and treatment, including interviews with a doctor of clinical research in eating disorders at Harvard Medical School and a Holistic Nutrition Coach.