Talking to a Doctor

I’ve been lurking a while. Finally clicked join and chatted a bit. I was wondering if anyone had advice on how to reach out to a doctor about alcohol dependence. I recently moved cities and states and don’t even have a primary care yet. I guess I’d like to go in and just do an intake visit before even bringing it up.

I’m just scared about how to even broach it and I know I’ll have to tell not just the doctor but the aid, the nurse, the receptionist will know… I’m scared that it will stay in my file and somehow affect me negatively in the future. That people will hold it against me.

Would anyone be willing to share their experience? I live in the US by the way. Thank you for this community.