You need friends for happiness

I remember a BBC series on happiness concluding that money did not bring happiness, and that one of the most powerful influences in our level of happiness is our sense of belonging to a community, our communications with friends and loved ones etc. I was reminded of this when I read this little story of a lottery millionaire missing his friends at McDonalds - see http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30400-1310532,00.html.