Good question, and big No. It shows maturity and self-awareness.
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I hate using those things because it always fucks me up when I get the urge to gamble.
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It does not show weakness in an absolute sense, only in a relative sense.
It shows less self-control than if you could successfully just not gamble.
It shows more self-control than most other options than I can think of.
Why are you phrasing this like some gotcha? Just because I think that someone who chooses not to gamble in an irresponsible manner has more self-control than someone who uses external tools to not gamble in an irresponsible manner does not mean I think that those tools are bad, or that the people who use them are bad, or that I think that perfect self-control without tools in all things is a worthwhile or achievable goal.
Hang on there. No one said anything about any of those strategies being the “best” or better or worse or anything like that (at least I didn’t). All I said is that one demonstrates more self-control than the other.
Is that better or worse? Doesn’t matter. It’s completely irrelevant to my point.
No one you seem to be arguing against has claimed otherwise.
I guess it depends on how you define addiction. But probably not.
Not really that different, imo.
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What about people chewing on candy and smacking their lips while they tell you that you are the weak one for not having candy in the house?