text: Jodie Foster, in a sign things are getting very serious with her photographer girlfriend, Alexandra Hedison, is forsaking booze, and even attending support meetings in an effort to show her lover, a recovered alcoholic herself, how committed she is to the relationship. 
   
   The two-time Oscar winner‘s “joined Alcoholics Anonymous and has embraced a 12-step program,” a friend told Star. “Now Alex has no reservations about spending their lives together … now they are both sober.” 
   
   The actress-director, 51, was persuaded by Hedison — a 44-year-old recovering alcoholic with more than a decade of sobriety under her belt — to make the moves after Foster’s casual drinking became a tangible issue between the two, Star reported. 
   
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   Hedison, who dated Ellen DeGeneres from 2001 until 2004, was often prone to watching the comic imbibe with wine as she fought to resist the urges to drink, a predicament Foster has vowed not to repeat. 
   
   The Silence of the Lambs star, who was the talk of Hollywood after her revealing speech at last year’s Golden Globes “refuses to make the same mistake,” Degeneres did, says the pal. 
   
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   “She’s finally found the woman of her dreams,” the source told Star, ”so giving up alcohol was nothing for her.” 
   
   “Alex wants Jodie to be sober for at least a year before they tie the knot and then it’s full-speed ahead with the nuptials. They’re crazy in love.” ||||| We have been hearing for months that Ellen DeGeneres’ marriage to Portia de Rossi is on the rocks in a huge way and apparently things are so bad that it’s affecting the advice that she gives to friends. Jodie Foster and lover Alexandra Hedison were spotted out recently wearing matching gold bands and it caused speculation on whether or not the two had recently married. It seems that they may have had a commitment ceremony but no legally binding vows were swapped, yet. 
   
   According to the March 24th print edition of National Enquirer Ellen couldn’t get to Jodie fast enough to have a conversation about the legalities and realities of marriage. Ellen at one point was actually pleading with Jodie not to pull the trigger. There is a bit of personal back-story to go with this too. Ellen and Alexandra dated for three years before Portia came into the picture. Ellen knows Jodie’s current flame well and fears that she is headed for disaster as well as a huge financial hit if she marries Alexandra. 
   
   Apparently Ellen is having some marital regrets of her own and doesn’t want to see her friend taken advantage of too. Do you think that Ellen’s marriage to Portia will last for much longer? At this point we rarely hear anything good about these two and at best it sounds like Ellen puts on an act in public to try and offset all of the bad press. Are they headed for a split”? Will Jodie take Ellen’s advice or is she going to do as she pleases? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below! 
   
   Ellen and Alexandra back in the day – 2002 
   
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target: – Jodie Foster is reportedly dating Ellen DeGeneres' ex, photographer Alexandra Hedison—and sources say the relationship is getting so serious that Foster has given up alcohol, because Hedison is a recovering alcoholic who has been sober for more than 10 years. Foster "joined Alcoholics Anonymous and has embraced a 12-step program," one source tells Star, according to Radar. "Now they are both sober ... Alex has no reservations about spending their lives together." But she wants Foster to be sober for at least a year before they get married, the source adds. Hedison, 44, who dated DeGeneres from 2001 to 2004, reportedly had a hard time watching Ellen drink as she tried to resist the temptation. Foster "refuses to make the same mistake," the source says. "She’s finally found the woman of her dreams, so giving up alcohol was nothing for her. ... They're crazy in love." But last month, the National Enquirer reported that DeGeneres warned Foster off of marrying Hedison, over fears Foster would be taken advantage of, according to Celeb Dirty Laundry and the International Business Times. But "Jodie could not care less," says one source. "She thinks Ellen is a fool for letting a good catch get away."