The night before Thanksgiving has earned notorious nicknames like "Drinksgiving," "Blackout Wednesday," and "Drunksgiving." They're all terms that make Linda Unfried's heart ache with memories of losing her sister to a drunk driver 42 years ago.

"There is no humor in what they've determined this holiday to be, none whatsoever," Unfried said. "When you've lost someone, we live it every day. It doesn't go away."

For Unfried, co-founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Hillsborough County, the casual celebration of excessive drinking before Thanksgiving represents everything she has fought against for more than four decades. What began as a personal tragedy has become a lifelong mission to prevent other families from experiencing the devastating loss that forever changed her world.

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