Text Messaging to Reduce Alcohol Relapse in Liver Transplant Patients

In addition to the SC interventions, participants in the Text Message condition received text messages. Participants received 3 text messages per day for the first four weeks of the study and 3 messages per week for the last four weeks. Participants will receive messages targeting known predictors of alcohol abstinence and relapse, including (1) craving, (2) identification of high-risk situations, (3) identification of triggers, (4) stress level, (5) coping skills, and (5) quality of life. The text messages will include motivational messages and behavior-change techniques (e.g. coping with cravings and urges to drink, trigger identification, high-risk situation identification). Messages will encourage participants to continue with sobriety and focus on the success they have achieved so far.