Hello there chickadee
I am so happy to read you are on day 23 well done!!!!
Oh i can totally relate to the questioning, to the emotions.
I do think in the first while in recovery things come out, things seem magnified and it sometimes feels like having a breakdown. Maybe it even is in a way. A breakdown of the old ways. Letting go of addiction and all it masked.
There will be stuff under the surface it has to come out somehow. Gambling allowed us not to feel, well i speak for me but say us as i dont know if this is the same but figure of speech i guess.
It will settle down IDI. The big difference is you are noticing things and being aware. The situations you are doing through have they always been there and you not seen them because of gambling, or are you now aware of them now you are not. Whatever it is you are seeing things and trying to deal with them the best you can at the moment. its hard at first in recovery, its hard still later, days are just like that. Recovery doesnt mean rose coloured glasses, it means welcome to reality. Sometimes its harsh and raw.
Proud of you for for how far you have come and your continuing effort. Hang in there IDI.. i do love the open doors you are seeing. I want to hear about what is on the other side of them.
P