Keep in mind that while I agree with the idea that Amber needs long-term care to have any chance at recovery, such treatment is not easy to find and it's out of Amberlynn's budget.
@roachrypt, if you visit the sites of the top hits in that Psychology Today list, you'll find some really unsettling stuff. Like Canopy Cove, which is part of the Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Center, is actually in Tallahassee, FL. They "serve" the Lexington area, but they don't have facilities in Kentucky. I get a skeevy feeling from them because even though they deal with EDNOS/disorders that cause obesity, they are also a "Christian" center that considers vegetarianism an eating disorder. I have a bad feeling about how they would handle a dumb as rocks lesbian like Amber.
The best option is Focus Treatment Center, which is the closest option for Amberlynn, located in Chattanooga, TN. I think she could endure the three hour car trip there and of all the listings it looks like it might be the best option because the religious focus is spirituality rather than "give it all over to Jesus AMEN" bullshit you find with a lot of these places. They also have medical doctors on staff so they have the capacity to handle patients as sick as Amberlynn. They offer life management treatment, too, so Amber would be taught how to shop for healthy food and how to prepare it. Christ, let's stick her in a u-Haul flat bed and get here there asap, right?
But here's the big rub: Even if Amber was earning $10k monthly from her videos - and that's doubtful given her slow upload history as of late - she would be unable to afford treatment. Clicking on Focus Treatment Center FAQ for inpatient eating disorder recovery brings up a single reference to payment. The "do you take insurance" tab opens to information about the insurers that the facility is contracted with. The site says that even if they are not contracted with your insurer, tell them who insures you because they may be able to arrange a "single case agreement" on your behalf.
Nowhere does it mention financing or grants to cover treatment, which means they don't offer financing or grants. This place looks really good. They have amazing resources for their patients. And they are expensive. All over the internet, from the NYT to actual information offered from insurers, the average cost for a facility like Focus Treatment Center is roughly $30k a month. AL would need to be there a minimum of 90 days, probably longer.
And it's unfortunate they don't offer financing, but even if they did, Amber would not qualify. She has no current bills in her name to prove her address, she has no state-issued ID, she has no regular job history - she doesn't even have a bank account in her name. My cat would get financing easier than Amberlynn. She absolutely would not qualify for treatment at the Bowling Green facility because she doesn't have that sort of credit available and they don't appear to offer financing anyway.
Well, why doesn't she get an insurance policy? The sorts of policies she could get under ACA (so-called Obama Care) will not be the sorts of platinum policies that cover 90 days or more of inpatient eating disorder recovery. They would be the sorts of policies that keep you in vaccinations and cover enough of emergency care that you wouldn't be left totally bankrupt if a truck mows you down or you develop cancer.
I know we all want her to get help even though her antics are entertaining because at the end we are watching a person die because she won't stop eating. But Amber has eaten herself into a corner. She's mismanaged her life to the point that she cannot navigate the various requirements and costs of even the wackiest and least helpful recovery centers. She has very few options available to her and she cannot afford the options.
ETA: The only real option I see working for AL is for her to get on a show like Dr. Phil and accept inpatient treatment if it is offered to her, which it probably would be because she's two falls away from death. But that seems as pie in the sky as hoping a good facility would offer her sliding scale payment or reasonable financing options.
ETA2: And this long-ass reply wasn't an attack on
@roachrypt - I was just using specific examples from his/her search to demonstrate some of the shit I picked up along the way on my own voyage of the damned with the supermegafats in my own life. Grim shit.