In Their Words: COA Lives with Jonathan Ashworth
Oct 8, 2026 · 28 min · 11 segments
COA Lives: Sam – I'm Turning Adversity into Advantage In this episode of COA Lives, Jonathan Ashworth welcomes Liverpool entrepreneur Sam, co-owner of streetwear business Block P, to share his…
Jonathan AshworthHostYou said you want to be a high achiever as a lot of children with alcoholics want to be.
Often you find that people who have gone on to achieve great things, make great progress, there is usually some issue in their background A lot of politicians, for example, senior politicians who have had alcohol abuse in their background.
There was lots of politicians who would sidle up to me and say, well, thank you for speaking out.
Lots of, some of the most successful politicians, I think Bill Clinton rose to be president of America.
Why do you think that is? And it's something, it's a truth that you've obviously hit upon.
Why do you think that, therefore, that people who've got this in their background want to be high achievers and do well?
So I sat in a problem for years, basically the same, same sort of addictive tendencies.
And equally now I've still got an addictive personality, but my vice was smoking weed.
You said you want to be a high achiever as a lot of children with alcoholics want to be.
Often you find that people who have gone on to achieve great things, make great progress, there is usually some issue in their background A lot of politicians, for example, senior politicians who have had alcohol abuse in their background.
There was lots of politicians who would sidle up to me and say, well, thank you for speaking out.
Lots of, some of the most successful politicians, I think Bill Clinton rose to be president of America.
Why do you think that is? And it's something, it's a truth that you've obviously hit upon.
Why do you think that, therefore, that people who've got this in their background want to be high achievers and do well?
So I sat in a problem for years, basically the same, same sort of addictive tendencies.
And equally now I've still got an addictive personality, but my vice was smoking weed.
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