Conversation so far:
What was the biography about?
a fictional Long Island suburban town, Johnny Storm lost his mother due to a car accident from which his father, surgeon Franklin Storm, escaped unharmed.
What else was written about johnny storm?
Franklin Storm spiraled into alcoholism and financial ruin, and was imprisoned after killing a loan shark in self-defense.

Question: Why did he spire into alcholism?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did Johny Storm spire into alcholism?