So, Ken I'm confused.
What is the message you are trying to convey? That one should not speak one's Truth? When he was the Poster Boy, he sure had a long way to fall, did he not? If you (and/or) others gave him an exalted position in the group that's on you, as well as him. I mean, everyone is supposed to be equal in AA.
We are all trying to make it through life the best we can. I relapsed after nearly two decades sober. I didn't feel like I was a failure, I felt like it was a comfort at a time when all of my life fell apart. As alcohol tends to do, it turned on me and then I did feel hopeless.
Thing is, God meets me where I am. Every. Time. No matter what I've done, God is there to hold me when I ask Him to. Maybe this guy will figure it out this time...but I don't understand your post at all. He is where he is. That is his reality.