Now, to most people, drinking yourself into an obliterated fool wouldn’t warrant this kind of question.
~Теперь, для большинства людей, напиваться до невменяемого состояния не будет служить оправданием/ снимать вопрос такого рода.
This NOW doesn’t mean ТЕПЕРЬ, you use it to interrupt a story when you want to give important information before you continue. “When I was 15, I worked and saved enough money to buy myself my first bicycle. Now in those days, you could buy you a good bike for around $50. But I had to have the BEST bicycle, which cost $200. So I worked for an entire year and bought myself the bicycle on my 16th birthday.“
Thank you, Uly. Здесь ''Now'' можно вообще опустить...
You’re welcome. Nice to see you on here! You can omit it, but it does have a function in the sentence. It makes the statement parenthetic — the speaker/writer is providing a tidbit of information in the middle of a larger discourse.