Once had a USAF Wing Commander (Colonel) stand up at Commanders Call and announce "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am an alcoholic and unfit for command." Nobody had a clue. He was relieved and transferred to the USAF rehabilitation center in Colorado. We all "snickered" (wrongly) and said to each other , "His career is over." A shame because he was one of the best commanders I had ever worked for. Two years later I read his name on the Brigadier Generals promotion list. It proved to me that once admitted and help sought, an individual can recover "gracefully."