Quit Drinking In Grief: Stacey Heale On Wine, Loss, And Survival

Stacey Heale was hiding glasses of prosecco behind cookery books in her own kitchen. Her husband Greg, lead singer of the band Delays, had stage four bowel cancer. The country was in lockdown. Friends kept dropping off wine with the groceries.

She'd put her two small daughters to bed with a flute on the bedside table. By the time she got to the stories, the words on the page were blurring.

It wasn't the volume, Stacey says. It was the intention. The hiding. The 10am pour. The need to numb out an unbearable situation while still being everyone's cheerleader.

This conversation goes deep on wine mum culture, drinking through caregiving, what alcohol does to grief, and how Stacey pulled it apart before she became the kind of mother she didn't want her girls to lose.

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice and for Stacey.

https://www.instagram.com/stacey_heale/

https://www.ted.com/talks/stacey_heale_the_transformative_power_of_social_media

https://alcoholchange.org.uk/https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

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