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January 23rd, 2023

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/r/TooAfraidToAsk

3 years ago

How do I tell my uncle, an AlAnon believer, that I no longer want to affiliate with him?

The other night, I was trying to go to sleep when I overheard a telephone conversation between my aunt and my mother. (The phone downstairs is right next to the opening of a vent which is connected to another vent in the attic, AKA my bedroom, so the sound carries right through.)

My aunt was talking about how her husband, or my uncle (in case you are so daft as to not be able to make that connection yourself), was getting “very serious about AlAnon” and was even considering trying to get his friend in on it.

I guess my uncle went too far down the alt-right rabbit hole. I’m supposed to go downtown to play some games of backgammon with him next weekend, but I don’t want to be affiliated with a believer in AlAnon nonsense.

He just texted me the backgammon emoji and said “r u ready for Friday?” How do I respond in a way that makes clear that so long as he is in that cult I will not be doing anything with him?

January 23rd, 2023

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Comments:

Cold_Zero_

3 years ago

Step 1: put it all in a Reddit post Step 2: tell your uncle Step 3: be glad you saved him from you- a crappy family member who he wants to spend time with but wants to excommunicate him because of differing beliefs

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scootterbug1

3 years ago

Just assume that he's too daft to reason with and cut off communication. His loss, you're better than him, end of story. Or, I assume you care for this person, just tell him how you fell about things when they come up. You can always just run away from uncomfortable situations though.

[deleted]

3 years ago

"I am sorry, uncle, I love you, but if you follow AlAnon further into that rabbit hole, I can't follow you and can't contact you again. Yours x"

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Marrsvolta

3 years ago

You don't want OPs uncle to beat their drinking problem?

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[deleted]

3 years ago

Which drinking problem?

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Marrsvolta

3 years ago

OP overhead a conversation in which it was said his uncle is really getting into AlAnon. AlAnon is Alcoholics Anonymous. If he's getting into AlAnon then he's getting help with his drinking problem.

If he's getting deep into Qanon, that's different.

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[deleted]

3 years ago

Right, sorry, monday brain, didn't realize that, thanks.

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Odd-Succotash-1072

3 years ago

You were too daft to be able to comprehend the difference between AlAnon and QAnon.

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Avdotya_Blu3bird

3 years ago

Are you talking about QAnon or AlAnon? Al-Anon isn't cult..

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ugie91

3 years ago

I'm 100,000,000% sure you mean QAnon, not AlAnon.

Just tell him that you don't want to talk politics if you guys are going to hang out.

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Marrsvolta

3 years ago

Al-Anon is Alcoholics Anonymous, you are confused

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[deleted]

3 years ago

In the US, Al-Anon isn’t alcoholics anonymous. It is a separate branch for families and friends of alcoholics.

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ask-me-about-my-cats

3 years ago

Well this is a cute troll attempt at least, points for that.

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