About Thrive
Thrive Aims To Provide A Safe, Supportive And Nurturing Environment Where Individuals Recovering From Addiction Can Rebuild Their Lives.
Through a combination of structured living, ongoing support, and personalized care, we aim to empower residents to achieve and maintain sobriety, cultivate a sense of purpose, and transition into long-term sobriety as healthy, productive and fulfilled people. Our commitment is to foster a community that promotes healing, growth, and long-term recovery, guided by compassion, integrity, and respect for each individual's journey.
Get To Know Us
Jill Johanningmeier
Jill is a Denver native and a single mother to an amazing daughter. Survivor of alcoholism and drug addiction by way of 12 step recovery, it is her passion and purpose to help others to recover from the disease of addiction. She is active in the Denver recovery community, involved in twelve-step recreation leagues, on the committee for hospitals and institutions for cocaine anonymous and a CCAR trained recovery coach. Jill enjoys playing Volleyball, managing the Mile High Softball team, traveling and being the president of her daughter’s fan club. She joined Mile High Sober Living as a House manager in 2018 and is now the Program Director for Mile High Sober Living. Jill has worked for Mile High Recovery Center since it opened and is the Director of Admissions. “I love being a part of someone’s recovery journey, seeing lives transform and helping others to thrive, not just survive, is such a beautiful thing!” – Jill
Josh Barnett
Josh was born in Southern California in 1988. A somewhat average upbringing, Josh was a straight A student in jr. scholarship programs and was always busy and involved with sports- wrestling, running, skateboarding (just to name a few). When Josh was 15, however, his mom and stepdad divorced and things began to go south. A single mom and a rebellious teen, Josh moved to Seattle to finish high school and left behind all of his friends. He started to prioritize partying over everything. A self-proclaimed "black out partier," Josh went to several different colleges and could never figure out what he wanted to do. His addiction always got in the way and took precedence over all else. The lowest point in Josh's life came shortly after, when he met his biological dad for the first time when I was 24. Josh recalls "he told me he wanted to build a relationship with me then a couple weeks later told me he couldn’t. Fast forward a year and he tried to come back in my life I told him I didn’t have the capacity for that. A week later I got a call that he had overdosed intentionally and died." His life began to really spiral after that and his addiction became dangerous. Josh was in and out of hospitals due to his drinking. He began having seizures at home because of the sheer amount of alcohol. Josh says "I realized I was becoming exactly like him and knew I needed to change, that’s when I checked myself into rehab." On his now sobriety date, December 13, 2018, Josh checked himself into a 26 day program at Harmony Foundation. After finishing his inpatient program, Josh moved directly into Mile High Sober Living in the old Dartmouth house. He paid rent there and at his apartment because he knew he didn't feel safe living alone. After a little less than a year, Josh was asked to be the House Manager at the men's Filmore House, where he'd remain for the next 4 years. During that time Josh leaned in heavily to all the things Mile High provides by encouraging residents to get involved in the community. Josh plays TSRA sports religiously, started a skateboarding 12-step meeting and stays plugged in with the friends he's met along the way. After working 2 jobs, saving all his money, and the willingness to commit to working a program of recovery, Josh bought a home of his own in 2023 and will picked up 5 years of sobriety on December 13, 2023.