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April 1957

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As AN AIR FORCE CAPTAIN responsible for the lives of people and for classified information--should I admit I'm an alcoholic? Hell, yes! If necessary to help others, why not? There are other lushes in more important positions and some (or many) continue to do a good job. Others are on the borderline and some are on the way out. If any of these people admitted to themselves and one other person that they couldn't handle the booze any longer, their recovery would begin. If a person can do a satisfactory job while in the early or middle stages of alcoholism it stands to reason he could do a lot better without John Barleycorn!

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