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Just to add my tuppence worth, most of the medical conditions you might think of will trigger protection under the disability discrimination provisions of the Equality Act from the time you become, or should have become, aware that the person concerned has such an impairment. (So, um, 11 o'clock this morning ...)
Kindness, compassion ... Offer support (signpost to any employee assistance programme?) without making assumptions or asking about medical/booze-related details: focus on the effects on work output if these are negative, and look at ways the organisation can make adjustments to alleviate these.