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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                    SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE

            In consideration of (i) the sum of $25,000.00 full and complete
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and (ii) the execution and delivery by
Recovery Network, Inc. of a Warrant Agreement in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit "A", the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, MICHAEL LENNON
("Releasor") hereby releases and discharges RECOVERYNET INTERACTIVE, LLC ("RNI")
and RNI's members, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, designees,
successors and assigns (collectively, "Releasees") from any and all claims,
demands and causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or
unknown, or suspected or unsuspected by Releasor which Releasor ever had, now
has, or hereafter may have, against Releasees arising out of or connected with
that certain Shadow Equity Agreement dated May 14, 1998 between Releasor and RNI
("Shadow Equity Agreement").

            It is the intention of Releasor in executing this Release, that this
Release shall be effective as a bar to each and every claim, demand or cause of
action described above to be so barred. In furtherance of this intention,
Releasor hereby expressly waives any and all rights and benefits conferred upon
her by the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which are as
follows:

            "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does
            not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing
            the release, which if known to him must have materially affected his
            settlement with the debtor."

Releasor hereby acknowledges the foregoing waiver of the provisions of Section
1542 of the California Civil Code was separately bargained for.

            Nothing herein is intended to, nor shall it be deemed to, cancel or
change in any way any party's obligations under (i) that certain Settlement
Agreement and Release dated May 14, 1998 between Releasor and RNI ("First 1998
Settlement Agreement") other than those relating to the Shadow Equity
Agreement, or (ii) that certain Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated
March 21, 1996 between Releasor and Recovery Network, Inc. The Shadow Equity
Agreement is, by virtue of this Settlement Agreement and Release, terminated and
of no force or effect, ab initio. Releasor acknowledges and agrees that all sums
due to Releasor under the First 1998 Settlement Agreement to the date of this
Release have been paid in full.

            This Release may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Release shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
Releasor, Releasees, and their respective heirs, representatives, successors
and assigns. This Release shall be governed by the law of the State of
California without regard to California's conflicts of law principles.

            This Release shall be effective immediately upon the receipt by
Releasor of the payment set forth at the beginning of this Release.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Releasor has executed this General Release this
___ day of February, 1999.


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                     Name:  Michael Lennon
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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE
SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE,
SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY
ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAW.

                           THE RECOVERY NETWORK, INC.

                         COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT


      1.     Issuance. For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledge by THE RECOVERY NETWORK, INC., a Colorado corporation (the
"Company"), MICHAEL LENNON ("Lennon") is hereby granted the right to purchase at
any time commencing two (2) days following the date hereof and until 5:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on May 15, 2003 (the "Expiration Date"), Thirty Five
Thousand (35,000) duly issued, fully-paid and nonassessable shares of the
Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), free of
all taxes, liens and other encumbrances (other than whatever encumbrances
encumber the publicly traded shares of the Common Stock, if any), and without
issuance tax. The exercise price for such shares shall be $2.125 ("Exercise
Price"). The shares of the Company's Common Stock which are the subject of this
Warrant are hereinafter referred to as "the Shares". The Company shall register
the Shares (at the Company's cost) and shall use its best efforts to register
the Shares within ninety (90) days following the issuance of this Warrant. Upon
such registration, the Shares shall be publicly-tradeable by the holder of this
Warrant on the exchange where the Common Stock of the Company is normally
traded. Lennon shall be deemed a record holder of the Shares as to which he
exercises his right hereunder as of the date he exercises such rights and pays
for the Shares.

      2.    Exercise of Warrant. This Warrant is exercisable, in a maximum of
three exercises only, as to any or all of the Shares at the Exercise Price per
Share payable hereunder, payable only in cash or by certified or official bank
check or such other form of payment as may be acceptable to the Company, in its
sole discretion. Upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate with the annexed
Notice of Exercise Form duly executed, together with payment of the Exercise
Price for the Shares of Common Stock purchased, Lennon shall be entitled to
receive a certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased.


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     3.   Reservation of Shares. The Company hereby agrees that at all times
during the term of this Warrant there shall be reserved for issuance upon
exercise of this Warrant such number of shares of its Common Stock as shall be
required for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall use its
best efforts and all due diligence to increase the number of shares of Common
Stock so reserved to cure any deficiencies, and, if necessary, to obtain
approval of its stockholders therefor, including authorization of such
additional number of shares of Common Stock as may be required in excess of the
number so reserved.

     4.   Mutilation or Loss of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of a sworn
affidavit of Lennon of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) receipt of reasonably
satisfactory indemnification, and (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender
and cancellation of this Warrant the Company, at the Company's expense, will
execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date and any such lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant shall thereupon become void.

     5.   Rights of Lennon. Lennon shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to
any rights of a stockholder in the Company, either at law or equity, and the
rights of Lennon are limited to those expressed in this Warrant and are not
enforceable against the Company except to the extent set forth herein.

     6.   Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Shares.

          6.1  Adjustment Mechanism. If an adjustment of the Exercise Price is
required pursuant to this Section 6, Lennon shall be entitled to purchase such
number of shares of Common Stock as will cause (i) the total number of shares
of Common Stock Lennon is entitled to purchase pursuant to this Warrant (after
such adjustment) multiplied by the adjusted Exercise Price to equal (ii) the
total number of shares of Common Stock Lennon was entitled to purchase before
such adjustment multiplied by the Exercise Price before the adjustment.

          6.2  Capital Adjustments. In case of any stock split or combination,
stock dividend, reclassification of the Common Stock, recapitalization, or
like capital adjustment affecting the Common Stock of the Company, the Exercise
Price shall be proportionately adjusted in a fair, equitable and reasonable
manner so as to give effect, as nearly as reasonably practicable to the
purposes hereof.

          6.3  Merger, Sale of Assets, Etc. If at any time while this Warrant,
or any portion hereof, is outstanding and unexpired there shall be (i) a
reorganization (other than a stock split or combination, stock dividend,
reclassification, or like capital adjustment of shares otherwise provided for
herein), (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another
corporation or other entity including a merger or consolidation in which the
Company is the surviving entity but the shares of the Company's capital stock
outstanding immediately prior to the merger are


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converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of
securities, cash or otherwise, or (iii) a sale or transfer of the Company's
properties and assets as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other person,
then as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer
lawful provision shall be made so that the holder of this Warrant shall
thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the
period specified herein and payment of the Exercise Price then in effect, the
number of shares of stock or other securities or property resulting from such
reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer that a holder of the
shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled to
receive in such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer if this
Warrant had been exercised immediately before such reorganization, merger,
consolidation, sale or transfer, all subject to further adjustment as provided
in this Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6 shall similarly
apply to successive reorganization, consolidations, mergers, sales and transfers
and to the stock or securities of any other corporation or other entity that are
at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant. If the per-share
consideration payable for shares in connection with any such transactions is in
a form other than cash or marketable securities, then the value of such
consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company's Board of
Directors. In all events, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by
the Company's Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the
provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interest of Lennon
after the transaction, to the end that the provisions of this Warrant shall be
applicable after that event, as near as reasonably practicable, in relation to
any shares or other property deliverable after that even upon exercise of this
Warrant.

               6.4 Merger with End of Company's Existence. In case of any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party other than a merger or
consolidation in which the Company is continuing corporation, or in case of any
sale or conveyance to another entity of the property of the Company as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety, or in the case of any statutory
exchange of securities with another entity (including any exchange effectuated
in connection with a merger of any other corporation with the Company other than
a merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) Lennon shall have
the right thereafter to exercise such Warrant for the kind and amount of
securities, cash or other property which he would have owned or have been
entitled to receive immediately after such consolidation, merger, statutory
exchange, sale or conveyance had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior
to the effective date of such consolidation, merger, statutory exchange, sale or
conveyance and in any case, if necessary, appropriate adjustment shall be made
in the application of the provisions set forth in this Section 6 with respect
tot the rights and interests thereafter of Lennon to the end that the provisions
set forth in this Section 6 shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable,
as nearly as may reasonably be, in relation to any shares of stock or other
securities or property thereafter deliverable on the exercise of this Warrant.
The above provisions of this Subsection 6.4 shall similarly apply to successive
consolidations, mergers, statutory exchanges, sales or conveyances of property
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety. Notice or any

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such consolidation, merger, statutory exchange, sale or conveyance, and of said
provisions so proposed to be made, shall be mailed to Lennon not less than 20
days proper to such event. A sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company for a consideration consisting primarily of securities shall be
deemed a consolidation or merger for the foregoing purposes.

               6.5  DeMinimus Adjustment. No adjustment in the Exercise Price
shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease
of at least $0.05 per share of Common Stock, provided, however, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Subsection 6.5 are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustments
and provided further, however, that adjustments shall be required and made in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6 (other than this Subsection
6.5) not later than such time as may be required in order to preserve the
tax-free nature of a distribution to Lennon of Common Stock. All calculations
under this Section 6 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th
of a share, as the case may be. Anything in this Section 6 to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the
per share Exercise Price, in addition to those required by this Section 6, as it
in its discretion shall deem to be advisable in order that any stock dividend,
subdivision of shares or distribution of rights to purchase stock or securities
convertible or exchangeable for stock hereafter made by the Company to its
shareholders shall not be taxable.

               6.6  Notice. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted as provided
in this Section 6 and upon any modification of the rights of Lennon in
accordance with this Section 6, the Company shall, at its own expense, within
ten (10) days of such adjustment or modification, deliver to the holder of this
Warrant a certificate of the Principal Financial Officer of the Company setting
forth the unaudited Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares after such
adjustment or the effect of such modification, a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment or modification and the manner of computing the same.
If the Board of Directors of the Company shall declare any dividend or other
distribution in cash with respect to the Common Stock, other than out of earned
surplus, the Company shall mail notice thereof of Lennon not less than 10 days
prior to the record date fixed for determining shareholders entitled to
participate in such dividend or other distribution.

               6.7  Payment Deferment. In the event of the exercise of all or
part of this Warrant after the record date for any event described in
Subsection 6.2 or 6.3 but prior to the effective date therefor, the Company may
defer until the effective or payment date issuing (and, in case of any stock
combination or reclassification that would result in Lennon being entitled to
fewer shares of Common Stock, the Company need not issue) to Lennon any shares
or property in addition to (or in excess of) that which Lennon would be
entitled to own prior to such payment or effective date had Lennon exercised
this Warrant (or portion thereof exercised) immediately prior to such record
date.

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               6.8 Form of Consideration.  If the consideration received or to
be received by the Company with respect to any Common Stock, rights, options,
warrants or securities convertible into Common Stock (including any future
consideration which may be received): (i) is cash, the amount thereof shall be
the amount of cash to be received and/or (ii) is a consideration other than
cash, the amount of such other consideration shall be deemed to be the fair
market value of such consideration as determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company, in the case of (i) and/or (ii) without deduction therefrom of any
expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions, discounts or concessions paid
or allowed by the Company.

          7.   Transfer to Comply with the Securities Act.  This Warrant has not
been registered under the Securities Act and has been issued to Lennon for
investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution of either the
Warrant or the Shares. Neither this Warrant nor any of the Shares or any other
security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be sold,
transferred, pledged or hypothecated in the absence of an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act relating to such security or an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that registration is not required
under the Securities Act. Each certificate for the Warrant, the Shares and any
other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall contain a
legend on the fact thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for
the Company, setting forth the restrictions on transfer contained in this
Section.

          8.   Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed given upon confirmed delivery by a standard
overnight carrier or when delivered by hand, addressed at the following
addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):

          (a)  if to the Company, to:

               The Recovery Network, Inc.
               1411 5th Street, Suite 200
               Santa Monica, California 90401
               Attention: Mr. William D. Moses


               With a copy to:
               Richard Posell, Esq.
               Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger, LLP
               1900 Avenue of the Stars
               Los Angeles, California 90067


          (b)  if to Lennon, to:
               Michael Lennon

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                13940 Esworthy Road
                Darnestown, Maryland 20874

                with a copy to:

                Floria Lasky, Esq.
                Fitelson, Lasky & Aslin
                551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 614
                New York, New York 10176

        7.      Supplements and Amendments; Whole Agreement. This Warrant may
be amended or supplemented only by an instrument in writing signed by the
Company and Lennon. This Warrant contains the full understanding of the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and there are no
representations, warranties, agreements or understandings other than expressly
contained herein and therein.

        8.      Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by, and in
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Colorado without regard
to principles of conflicts or choice of law (or any other law that would make
any substantive laws of any state other than the State of Colorado applicable
hereto).

        9.      Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of the several
Sections of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and shall not
control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE RECOVERY NETWORK, IN. has caused this Warrant
to be signed by its President and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and
attested by its Secretary as of the _____ day of January, 1999.


                                        THE RECOVERY NETWORK, INC.

                                        By: /s/ GARY HOROWITZ
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                                        Name:  Gary Horowitz
                                        Title: President &
                                               Chief Executive Officer


Attest: /s/ [Signature Illegible]
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