Americans Are Happier Than Ever, Gallup Study Shows

Wait....this study says, "...since 2008". Well, yeah, 2008 was the worst year in decades! Just a bit misleading.

Maybe due to lower expectations. It's not like things are improving much in general.

What ..... A ..... Crock.

Happy Hour Billions of dollars are spent annually on mankind’s efforts to achieve happiness. There is a long list of drugs that can be prescribed for your depression and an endless list of habits that attempt to make us happy. Ironically, Happy Hour nowadays has nothing to do with exercise but more about how to double up your alcoholic intake in a short amount of time. You can easily spend an hour on the chemical makeup of dopamine and its effectiveness in regulating pain and pleasure. And there is a long list of triggers that affect the production of dopamine, in particular Food & Exercise. It is that “Fork in the Road” moment that we should focus on. For many years I found food very comforting and at times of stress would seek out a meal. This instinctive behavior is ingrained from the moment we take our first taste of baby milk, our first lollipop after a Doctor’s visit. We have been rewarded for years with the carrot on the stick. We equate food with pleasure and naturally the more we are unhappy the more we eat. The trick is to take the other path. You can achieve the same benefit but rather than gorging on calories to ease the pain, you can burn off calories. The greatest Happy Hour in town is the time you spend being physically active. http://wholefed.org/2012/03/21/happy-hour/ Ian Welch www.wholefed.org

Your right, there's only so much pot you can smoke over a weekend

Ya and I can just see the MILLIONS of unemployed Americans grinning from ear to ear, dripping with delight and skipping throught the tulips as they go hungry and struggle to provide for their own children. Gallup poll. Right. More like HP 'poll.'

I was working at University of Phoenix doing online help desk for 7 years, until they reorganized the department...which involved laying off 1/5th of the dept. 150+ people. which they immediately replaced. I just got a job working for a small business doing more hands on work and will be making as much as I did after 7 years at UOP after my first 90 days is up at the new place. Today was my first day, it was great.

Yes. It's called "delirious free-loading". It works for the spineless, the ones with no pride and sense of self-worth.

And the kool-aid is free-flowing.

More americans are on government support than ever before. Of course they are happier. Too bad, it's destroying the country in the long run. But who cares, right? They'll just blame the next Republican in office for the US stooping to the financial levels of Greece, whether it's in 2012 or 2016. This is the basic difference between the parties. 'rats are in it for themselves, whereas Republicans try to see the big picture and do what's in the best interest of the country in the long run. If it's left to the left, there will BE no long run.