We had the good fortune of connecting with Brice Hancock and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Brice, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
Addiction is the health crisis of my generation and also of those generations right behind me. My company offers residential treatment with all levels of outpatient care accompanied by quality, structured sober living. Historically, treatment centers have offered no more than 30 days of care and have been located in remote locations which is fine but few people stay sober from their first treatment experience and anyone can stay sober far away from the challenges of real life. Addiction is a chronic illness that needs long term treatment. We are located in the city of Denver and our motto is “recover where you live”. We have highly qualified compassionate staff and we place great emphasis on community. This means our patients stay with us for a long time, sometimes a year or more, and they get plugged into a whole community of people who are in recovery. After their first 30 days they transition to outpatient and sober living and they can get a job, go to shool, reunite with loved ones and re-integrate back into life here in the great city of Denver. They can unpack trauma, deal with mental health challenges, and face the obstacles of life with the clinical and social support needed to achieve long term recovery.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
My business is deeply personal as I’m an alcoholic/addict in long term recovery. Mile High Recovery Center is grassroots and grew organically. I didn’t start out with a grand vision. I started Mile High with one sober house when I was completely depressed, and I was trying to find my own purpose. I felt like I could help others struggling with addiction and I was determined to give back what had been freely given to me. My depression lifted and I never worried about if it was going to be profitable or not. I’ve always had the ability to just sort of do things without worrying it would fail and when it did fail, I would simply pivot and keep moving forward. I didn’t worry that the 14-hour days were too much, and I didn’t complain when I couldn’t pay myself. I trusted the process and I loved what I was doing so it didn’t feel like work. I just worked diligently on growing my company. When I needed capital I’d find a way to get a loan. When I needed a house or office space I hit the streets and found it. If I struggled, I closed a house and just waited until I felt like ti was time to re-open another house. When I needed employees, I hired employees. I do have to say that I’ve attracted some amazing employees along the way too. I still believe caring companies like Mile High are needed especially in an industry where large healthcare companies seem to be becoming more of the norm

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
For restaurants I currently like Lucky Noodle, Park Avenue Tacos, Hapa Sushi, Cherry Cricket, and many other Denver places that are blocks away from our treatment center. Eddie V’s and 801 Chop Quality Italian and Odyssey are more upscale. I love live music so I’d suggest The Ogden Theater, The Gothic Theater, The Fillmore and the world famous Red Rocks amphitheater. Denver has some great parks too! There’s Cheeseman Park, City Park, Wash Park and of course the Rocky Mountains. East Colfax is historic cool and sort of seedy and I’ve lived in this neighborhood on an off for 25 years. I’m originally from Baltimore and I’ve found Denver to be very friendly and very beautiful!

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Shoutout to my fiance April Buell who is my ride or die my partner in life! Definitely Sarah Zubrin my Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Clinical Officer . She’s brilliant and she’s a powerful woman in a male dominated industry. I don’t understand how her brain works. My father Woody Hancock who’s my hero. He taught me more in life than he even knows and he always supported me when when I was screwing up and I screwed up a lot! My friend Greg Maloney who I meet with often to discuss business ideas. He’s a great fitness trainer and a great friend in recovery. My AA sponsor Gary Duhn who has helped more people than anyone I’ve ever met. Last but not least, my homie Santiago Jaramillo and amazing artist and another great friend in recovery.

Website: www.milehighrecoverycenter.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milehighrecoverycenter/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/milehighrecoverycenter/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milehighrecoverycenter

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