This chapter explores the concept of the drive and how it relates to both language and jouissance. It begins with a discussion of Freud’s theory of the drive and the idea of it having four ‘components’: pressure, aim, object and source. This allows Freud to argue that the paths to the drive’s satisfaction can vary considerably as can its object. This is followed by a discussion of Lacan’s reading of Freud’s theory and the idea that the drive’s ‘satisfaction’ is a product of its endless circuit around the object a, rather than ‘obtaining’ a specific object. This is followed by an exploration of Lacan’s concept of jouissance within the framework of Miller’s ‘six paradigms of jouissance’. One of the key points here is that Lacan’s development of the theory of jouissance involved a reworking of his concepts of language and the signifier, another is the idea of surplus jouissance, which is closely linked to the circuit of the drive, and which Miller argues can be thought of as ‘crumbs of jouissance’; and the third is emphasis on the living body as the condition of jouissance. The chapter concludes with a discussion on how jouissance links to the concept of trauma.