Text Messaging to Reduce Alcohol Relapse in Liver Transplant Patients

This is a research study of a text-messaging intervention to reduce alcohol relapse risk in pre-transplant liver transplantation patients. This study is an 8-week, randomized controlled pilot trial to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a text-messaging intervention for alcohol relapse prevention and stress reduction in 20 liver transplant patients with alcohol-related liver disease. The goals of the study are (1) to develop a mobile, SMS-based stress reduction and alcohol use intervention for pre- liver transplant patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) and (2) to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the mobile intervention and its effect on rates of alcohol consumption compared to a Standard Care condition in a liver transplantation center.