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special feature ║ incite talks<br />
Everyone Needs Inspiration…<br />
InCite Talks Inspires the Delray<br />
Community to Rise to Life’s Challenges<br />
By NICOL JENKINS<br />
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Ten years ago, Greg Goyins was homeless—<br />
living on the beach in Delray, struggling to<br />
survive, and always looking for his next fix.<br />
Gregory Goyins and Mike Nussbaum Co-Founders of Epiphany<br />
with Chris Herren, Motivational Speaker & Sobriety Advocate<br />
“You name it, I did it—crack, cocaine, heroin,<br />
pills,” he recalls.<br />
His remarkable journey led him from a<br />
life on the brink to becoming a successful<br />
addiction-recovery maverick, and to founding<br />
InCite Talks, a local nonprofit that invites<br />
famous personalities to the Delray Beach<br />
area to share their stories of heartbreak and<br />
triumph to the community—all of it free of<br />
cost to the public.<br />
Goyins is passionate about saving lives,<br />
and giving something back to the community<br />
that helped save his. He hopes InCite<br />
Talks will help build bridges between community<br />
members and people who are in<br />
addiction recovery. He wants them to rub<br />
shoulders and realize that recovering addicts<br />
are regular people. “They’re our kids,<br />
our brothers and sisters, our neighbors and<br />
friends,” says Greg.<br />
The shared experiences of InCite Talks<br />
events show that everybody has challenges<br />
to overcome. Olympians, movie stars, comedians,<br />
and athletes who have conquered<br />
extreme life adversity to achieve greatness<br />
have shared their stories.<br />
Rex Chapman and Tony Hoffman<br />
Some of the speakers have included: Actor<br />
Lillo Brancato from A Bronx Tale and The<br />
Sopranos who suffered from alcoholism and<br />
drug addiction; former NBA Player Rex Chapman,<br />
who spoke about his substance abuse;<br />
and former NBA professional basketball<br />
player Chris Herren, who recently shared his<br />
tale of descent into addiction, a miraculous<br />
recovery and his new life mission.<br />
On <strong>March</strong> 4 at Pavilion Grille in Boca Raton<br />
from 3 to 5 p.m., Inky Johnson, a onetime<br />
cornerback for the Tennessee Vols, will share<br />
his story. He was just eight games away from<br />
a promising NFL career, when a seemingly<br />
routine tackle almost ended his life. It cost<br />
him his arm and his career, but it didn’t put<br />
out his fire. Johnson is magnetic; he inspires<br />
people to be better and do better.<br />
70 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong> | www.<strong>Atlantic</strong><strong>Ave</strong>Magazine.com
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