Trial-by-ordeal behavior is but one of the myriad angles from which the subject-at-risk relationship may be approached. It enables us, however, to shed light on certain forms of risk behavior, such as not only an aspect of drug addiction but also with games of chance and money. Turning to tests focusing on trial by ordeal could be considered, within an addictive process, as the subject’s attempt, through the experience of death and rebirth, of making oneself over, starting from scratch, and giving more meaning to his or her life.