AA & Chernobyl

Sasha Starovoitenko (in suit jacket) leads an Alcoholics Anonymous 12-Step meeting in the Chernobyl Community Center in Borodyanka, Ukraine. Sasha was a liquidator in Chernobyl, serving in the army during the clean-up effort following the 1986 catastrophe. Afterwards, he began to drink and spent many years as an alcoholic. Today he serves as an alcohol prevention counselor for the community center. Borodyanka is a small town (population 16,000) 48 miles south of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where many Chernobyl evacuees were resettled in 1986. © Michael Forster Rothbart Photography http://www.mfrphoto.com ¥ 608-242-1131 64 Lansing St, Madison, WI  53714 info@mfrphoto.com Photo by: Michael Forster Rothbart Date:  3/2007    File#:  Canon 20D digital camera frame 0555