I know a guy at AA that has been in and out of the rooms since 2011 - during the 5 months that I have been in AA he has relapsed 3 times. Every time he comes back is looks worse off - mentally and physically. When he goes on a jag he drinks until he ends up in a hospital.
He is always filled with remorse, apologizes to everyone and calls himself a hypocrite but we tell him "at least you haven't given up trying to get sober".