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In The Rooms Announces Global Online 12 Step Meeting Directory

PRESS RELEASE - July 27 - Today In The Rooms, the recovery community and social network for those in recovery from addiction or alcoholism and for family, friends and allies, announces the first ever global online 12 Step meeting directory. From now on, those looking for an Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, or Gamblers Anonymous meeting, in any area and location, can go to www.intherooms.com or http://meetings.intherooms.com to find meetings in their area or around the world. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

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In The Rooms Goes Mobile

PRESS RELEASE - June 1 - In The Rooms, the social network for those seeking help for addiction, are in recovery and/or for family, friends and allies; is now available on most Web enabled cell phones. “This is a very important step for In The Rooms as many people in recovery often do not have access to the Internet, so therefore need a mobile option. Also those in recovery often need support 24 hours a day, and with a cell phone by their side, this is now possible,” said Ron Tannebaum, co-founder of In The Rooms. FULL ARTICLE @ PR LOG

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InTheRooms Partners With MDinfo.com

PR WEB - Apr 27 - InTheRooms partners with MDinfo.com to answer visitor’s questions on addiction and recovery. MDinfo.com is a health information resource that empowers visitors to post questions and receive responses from Health Experts in a variety of specialties. Those who visit MDinfo.com and have questions on addiction and recovery, will receive expertise from InTheRooms, the social network for those seeking help for addiction, are in recovery and/or for family, friends and allies. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

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MusiCares Partners With InTheRooms

PR WEB - Apr 7 - MusiCares and InTheRooms, a free online global recovery community and social network, announces the MusiCares InTheRooms site, www.musicaresintherooms.com. This is a place for people in the music industry to share their recovery and their experiences, strength and hope, as many musicians struggle with addiction or are in recovery.  In The Rooms is a site for those seeking help for their addiction, in recovery and their family, friends and allies. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

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The 2009 South Florida Rally For Recovery

SNW - Oct 10 - The 2009 South Florida Rally for Recovery was being hosted by InTheRooms.com, a social network for people currently in recovery, those who are seeking help to find recovery, and the family, friends and allies of people in recovery around the world. The rally was designed to raise awareness that addiction to drugs and alcohol is a treatable disease and to celebrate people currently in recovery.

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Miami Rally For Recovery Aims To Offer Hope To Addicts

MIAMI HERALD -- Sep 13 -- InTheRooms, a social network for people recovering from addiction, hosted a rally for recovery on Saturday Sep 12th at Bicentennial Park, Miami. The drug-free, alcohol-free event concluded with a concert headlined by Eric Burdon and The Animals. Along with co-founder Ron Tannebaum, Ken Pomerance created InTheRooms.com with the vision of bringing together a community of people recovering from different types of addictions. FULL ARTICLE @ MIAMI HERALD

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Ed Hardy To Design T-shirts For The 2009 South Florida Rally For Recovery

PRESS RELEASE -- Aug 25 -- Ed Hardy, the chic clothing line led by the world famous fashion designer Christian Audigier, is designing custom limited edition t-shirts for the 2009 South Florida Rally for Recovery by IntheRooms.com. The South Florida Rally for Recovery! is designed to celebrate people who are currently in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol, and to raise awareness that addiction is a treatable disease. It will be held Sept. 12 at Bicentennial Park in Miami. FULL ARTICLE @ SNW

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InTheRooms.com, Rally For Recovery

PRESS RELEASE -- Aug 11 -- The 2009 South Florida Rally for Recovery Festival, held on Sep 12th, is designed to raise awareness that addiction to drugs and alcohol is a treatable disease and to celebrate people currently in recovery. It's being hosted by InTheRooms.com, a social network for people currently in recovery, those who are seeking help to find recovery, and the family, friends and allies of people in recovery around the world. The concert will feature Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Eric Burdon and The Animals among others. FULL ARTICLE @ PR-INSIDE

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InTheRooms.com Launches A Listing Of 12-step Fellowship Meetings

PR WEB -- June 18 -- InTheRooms.com, a social network designed specifically for people in recovery, people seeking help to find recovery, and family, friends and allies of the recovery community from around the world, launched a database of meetings for members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Gamblers Anonymous (GA), Overeaters Anonymous (OA) and Marijuana Anonymous (MA). FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

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Aerosmith Collaborator Honored For Recovery Song

ANTIMUSIC -- Apr 28 -- Aerosmith Collaborator Richie Supa was recognized for his work on behalf of people in recovery from substance abuse when he received the 2009 PRISM Award for Music Recording for his song, "In the Rooms." He wrote, produced and recorded the song "In the Rooms" for InTheRooms.com, a rapidly growing social networking website designed specifically for individuals in recovery, people who are seeking recovery, and for the family, friends and allies supporting their loved ones. Since its launch in October 2008, InTheRooms.com has registered more than 25,000 members who collectively have more than 85,000 years of total recovery time, a figure that is constantly increasing. FULL ARTICLE @ ANTIMUSIC.COM

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Ron Tannebaum, President Of InTheRooms.com

SNW INTERVIEW -- Feb 7 -- InTheRooms is a great example of a niche social network. It serves the needs of people in recovery.

How did you start In The Rooms and what does it do for people?
We started In The Rooms almost two years ago. My partner Kenny Pomerance came into my office and said what would you think about an online social network for people in the recovery community? I looked at him and took a moment and said let’s do it. He said no, I’m serious about this. Don’t be flippant. I said no, I mean it, I’m in, let’s do it and that’s how it started.

It just rang a bell with me that a social network is what the recovery community needed. Both of us have been in Recovery for over 25 years. We have dedicated our lives to making recovery a better place to be.

The term “In the Rooms” is an insider term for people who go to 12 Step meetings. For example, if you’re in public, you don’t want to go up to someone and say, hey don’t I know you from an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting? Because these are anonymous programs, you go up to them and say, “You look familiar don’t I know you from In The Rooms?”

Can you tell us more about the tools that you have within the service that help people talk and help them with this cause?
In The Rooms is a Global Recovery Community. We have a mantra which is the word “hitch.” The word is an acronym for help, inform, touch, connect and heal, this is our mission. There are 3 groups that we want to reach on our site. People in Recovery like Ken and I, people Seeking Help and Family, Friends and Allies supporting recovery.

Members start by filling out a personal profile. In that profile they list their interests, passions, hobbies, educational, recovery and personal information and you can make this as anonymous as you choose, we call this tagging. From the tagging members find other members who are not only in Recovery but who also have the same interests, passions and hobbies. We want people socializing with each other regardless of what fellowship or addiction they have. Our goal is to transcend the boundaries of all 12 Step Fellowships socially while maintaining the integrity of each in Recovery.

We will have a Family Tree feature that represents everyone in their sponsorship lineage, a life line and genealogy of those, of who came before and who will arrive after you in your recovery. We have a Speaker Tape Library with thousands of tapes for all the different fellowships. We have a Daily Meditations feature, where you can read or write your daily meditation and post it to your Personal Profile. We have Chats, Affinity Groups for everyone, men, women, gay/lesbian and transgender, new comers and we also cater to professionals, tailoring groups for doctors, lawyers, nurses, pilots, people that are more into the anonymity of the recovery process because of their professions.

Do you find they connect in real life as well?
Oh yes, I know they do. We recently had a member from Saudi Arabia come over to Utah. She can’t go to meetings in Saudi Arabia because she’s a woman. But she came here and 2 women from South Florida flew out there to meet her, spent the weekend with her and took her to a meeting. She is now wearing an In The Rooms T-shirt proudly.

We’ve had unbelievable testimonials come to us from our site on how this has helped people, in hospitals, in remote areas where they can’t get to a meeting often however they can be online listening to a speaker tape, in a group for support or socializing with other friends in our recovery community. Its just been very gratifying so far.

Is this a free community?
Yes, it’s free to everybody.

Do you have any other companies or services that you’re partnered with?
We are proud that we just formed a partnership with Faces and Voices of Recovery, which is a grass roots organization dedicated to promote the success stories and issues facing the Recovery and Mental Health Communities. And we’re just in the process of partnering up with other organizations that are in the Recovery field with our same goals, which is to promote the success stories.

What new features are coming live in the next month?
We have a new In The Rooms I-Phone application and In The Rooms (IM) Instant Messaging being launched in the next month. Also a new chat system is coming out this week.