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RNET News Wednesday April 29, 2:45 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Recovery Network Launches Monthly Chat Room SANTA MONICA, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 1998--The Recovery Network Inc.(NASDAQ:RNET/RNETW) announced today the launch of a monthly Internet chat room for people with addictions, substance abuse and behavioral issues. The Network also announced that Yahoo!(R)(NASDAQ:YHOO - news; www.yahoo.com), the world's leading Internet Directory, will promote The Recovery Network through public service banners on the Yahoo! Network, effective May 1, 1998. According to The Recovery Network, Recovery Chat will allow people to discuss their problems and seek advice from prominent national health professionals. The goal of Recovery Chat is to give people access to an anonymous open forum for help and identifying, understanding, and coping with the recovery process. Bill Moses, president and chief executive officer of Recovery Network, said, ''The Internet is the perfect medium to provide honest targeted information that is both anonymous and interactive.'' Moses added, ''We are also very pleased to have the cooperation of Yahoo!(R) in carrying the Recovery message to its vast audience.'' The first Recovery Chat, ''Drugs and the Summer of Love,'' will be hosted by Dr. David Smith, M.D.--''Dr. Dave, The Hippie Doctor,'' founded the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic during the ''Summer of Love'' in the 1960s. He will chat about the evolution of drug use and what's popular in drug recovery treatment. Dr. Dave is tuned into the fads and fetishes of the current drug scene and will field all questions on use, abuse and treatment. The Chat will be held, Wednesday, May 6, at 7:00 p.m.PST, 10:00 p.m.EST. @ www.chat.recoverynetwork.com. Dr. Mark S. Gold, M.D., professor at the University of Florida Brain Institute, will host the second Recovery Chat on June 17. He is the author of numerous general audience books including Wonder Drugs (Simon & Schuster), The Facts About Drugs and Alcohol(Bantam) and the best seller, Good News About Depression(Bantam Books, revised 1995). Other professionals slated to host upcoming chats will come from the Recovery Network Advisory Board and from partners and supporters of the National Partnership for Recovery and Prevention. The Recovery Network Inc. is a cable television network that provides programs for a wide range of behavioral and mental health issues. The Network also produces Recovery Talk Radio, a nationally aired listener-discussion show, Recovery Interactive, a joint venture with TCI, On Line Holdings, a subsidiary of Telecommunications, Inc., Recovery Network News, an online newsletter publication. The Recovery Network operates a helpline (800-400-RNET), for people in need of immediate information and guidance in their local communities. Recovery Direct is an on-line service which provides products and services to the institutional market. The Recovery Network is located on the World Wide Web at: recoverynetwork.com This release is available on the KCSA Worldwide website at www.kcsa.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Investor: KCSA Worldwide Paul Holm/Joseph A. Mansi/Sarah Shepard 212/682-6300, ext. 201/205/236 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------