In his book No Excuses Dave ‘the Brown Buttabean’ Letele shares how he overcame poverty, depression and crime to become an award-winning community leader inspiring people to turn their lives around. Willy De Wit was a regular on TV shows such as Funny Business, and a brekkie host on Radio Hauraki. In Drink, Smoke, Snort, Stroke he charts his journey from fame to drug addiction to a life altering debilitating stroke. Together, Letele and De Wit discuss the highs and lows, and what it has taken for them to rise above adversity and find their path in life. In conversation with David Downs.