Table 2.

Participant response to open-ended question regarding opinion toward messages and study (N = 39).

Text messages that included positive vibes instead of the ones that were intimidating were more helpful and the concept of the study was good.

This was my first psych study and I was very happy to be a part of it!*

Thank you for doing this! These texts acted as a subtle reminder and were very helpful.

I think that maybe this study could be used for people trying to quit vaping as well. It will provide resolution for those people like me.

Way too many messages that felt very robotic and not personal.**

It is a good idea, I think other people would like it a lot. It seems to really care about the people who want to stop using. Since I do not have an issue the messages were slightly misguided for me. I do drink alcohol on the occasion, but its once or twice a month so nothing I need help for either. Thanks.

In the end it helped me on my journey to getting sober.**

I think they should be concentrated around a timeline that people say they tend to use drugs. It’s annoying to get a text telling me to stay away from drugs or remember my goals while I’m in my 9:30am lectures.

Just more custom tailored to the person. Some of mine were kind of religious sounding and I am agnostic.*

It was an interesting experience that definitely made me think about my consumption of alcohol and drugs!

I think they help slightly but they’re only as good as someone wants them to be. It also depends on personality.

I think the most effective ones are the ones that include stats about deaths or harm related to drugs or alcohol.**

They seemed very corny. And it might have been better to not have us pick them because they get very redundant.

The study seems very interesting and that it could definitely prove to be a beneficial way to help others work on their goals for managing their use of alcohol/drugs. Text messages are definitely an effective way to get a message to someone and is a good way to remind people of their goals.

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**Edited for punctuation.