Is it still a thing? Search online some say yes some say no...
It depends on a few factors. The first is if a fuse doesn't blow in the device or house. The second is where the electric goes. Chances are, your vital parts will be away from where the electricity is flowing. This means it might hurt you and damage your limbs. But you will still be alive.
Now why do you get a yes and no comes from how electricity kinda does its own thing. Even if you had the drain at your feet and the device falls towards your head. The electricity might go around you, it might go in you but around any vital parts, or it might take you out.
The best way to look at this is by looking at lighting. People who have been hit with lighting, some have lived while others haven't. Some gotten scars, and some haven't had any damage at all.
Personally, I wouldn't do that method because the high unpredictably and the high chance something will go wrong. You might want to look at some of the stuff that's came out of electric shock therapy and note that's more than less what you're aiming for. Like look at where the person breaks their bones during the therapy because the electrical activity in the brain. Something that really doesn't happen in epileptic seizures